A version of the traditional charkha which uses multiple spindles as opposed to a single spindle and is intended for use primarily in cottage industries. It was first designed in 1954.
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A part of a manually operated machine, such as a loom, in which a pedal is used to create a…
A wooden or plastic rod on which weft yarn is wound for use in a loom. The pirn is fixed…
A technology for drilling developed during the Mature Phase (c. 2600–1900 BCE) of the Indus Valley Civilisation. It was made…
An acidic solution that is used to stop the development of photographic film once it is sufficiently developed. It acts…
Made of rods and boards fixed at right angles, it is a compact, box-shaped loom. It is portable and can…
A nineteenth-century method of producing photographic negatives using a glass plate coated with a silver emulsion. While relatively inexpensive and…
A multi-thread machine used to create machine embroidery and lace, invented in 1893 by Swiss inventor Isaak Grobli. The term…
A camera that allows the photographer to view the subject through the lens while simultaneously seeing the image that will…