LINKING TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY THROUGH CREATING A WOOLLEN TEXTILE OBJECT

Ručno tkanje ima dužu povijest no što je većina ljudi uopće svjesna. Može se reći da je izum tkalačkog stana svojevrsna revolucija u izradi tekstila koja je opstajala tisućama godina sve do industrijske revolucije, kada je postupak tkanja postao automatiziran, iako se princip procesa tkanja nije promijenio sve do danas. Iskorištavanje i prerada biljnih i životinjskih vlakana ima jednako dugu tradiciju. Upravo zbog automatske i masovne proizvodnje, umjetnih materijala te prezasićenosti tržišta, ručno je tkanje u 21. stoljeću gotovo palo u zaborav. Cilj ovog diplomskog rada je na, za današnje vrijeme, „starinski“ način izraditi tekstilni predmet suvremenog dizajna te time potaknuti promišljanje o neiskorištenosti potencijala vune, kao i očuvanje kulturne baštine kroz tradicionalne procese izrade tekstilija.Hand-weaving technique has a longer history than most people are aware of. It could be said that the invention of weaving loom is kind of a revolution in making of textiles that survived for thousands of years until the industrial revolution, when the weaving process became automated, although the principle of weaving process has not changed until today. The exploitation of vegetable and animal fibers has a tradition that is equally long. Due to automatic and mass production, artificial fibers and market saturation, hand-weaving in 21st century has almost fallen into oblivion. This graduate thesis aims to create a textile object with contemporary pattern design in an old fashion way thus stimulating reflection on the untapped potential of wool as well as preserving cultural heritage through traditional textile production processes