Today, the Museum’s collection exceeds 10,000 patent models dating from 1836 to 1910. The Museum’s Textile Collection contains over four thousand patent models. The collection includes many examples ...
The desktop biofiber spinning machine, like a 3D printer, enables prototyping and experimenting with bio-based fibers. The fibers can be tuned with different properties and then spun to create yarns.
The arrival of the textile factories in the mid to late 1700s largely ended this system. The use of large, automated machines meant that cloth could be mass produced at a cheaper cost than the ...
An curved arrow pointing right. These machines help artists and designers turn yarn, fabric, and wool into finished creations like dresses, rugs, multicolored yarn, socks, quilts and more.