Field Notes
Our ethnographic archive documenting traditional patterns, textile techniques, and their cultural contexts. Each entry documents the technical specifications and cultural significance of patterns from around the world.
Field Note Editions
Three editions document different approaches to pattern and culture: World Pattern audio guides explore traditional textiles, Subcultural captures contemporary urban patterns, and Cultural Research presents in-depth ethnographic field studies.
World Patterns: Threads of History
This is an audio-visual journey across cultures and continents, exploring eight foundational textile patterns that define human history. Every motif tells a story—of status, sanctuary, or survival.
How to Use the Guide:
▼- Select a Pattern: Click on any Pattern Card below to open its audio guide.
- Listen First: Tap the ▶️ Play Button. Each audio story is under 90 seconds and sets the cultural context.
- Deep Dive: Scroll down for Field Notes to explore technical terms, historical details, and key facts.
Subcultural Explorations
Contemporary pattern making and subcultural design movements
Drawdown Archive
Technical weave structures from field research
Black cells = weft over warp • White cells = warp over weft
Cultural Research
Deep-dive field studies exploring textile traditions and their cultural contexts through multi-day research and collaboration with master artisans.