Description
The art of tapestry relies on the techniques of incorporating intricate chromatic gradients and fine
material textures with the aim to achieve the perception of an overall picture. From the Middle
Ages to the Baroque period, royalty and the church commissioned a whole series of designs from
the most sought-after artists of their times - Raffaello, Rubens, Goya. Many 20th-century
architects and artists, including Picasso, Matisse and Braque, liked having their designs
translated into woven tapestries; Le Corbusier made at least 27 tapestry drawings, known as
cartoons, from 1936 to 1965. Tapestry can be understood as a digital medium, composed point
by point, thread by thread, accordingly to various degree of resolution. Nowadays this work
continues to fascinate, because of its mix of visual intricacy, its relationship to scale and the wide
possibilities to translate such drawings into digitally fabricated surfaces (either digitally printed or
robotically knitted). The visual f