TERMEH, A ONE-OF-A-KIND WOVEN FABRIC
What is Termeh? Termeh is a delicate woven fabric out of silk, cotton, and wool. Weaving Termeh is sensitive and time-consuming work. In the past, it takes one full day to weave only 25 to 30 centimeters with cooperation between two persons, an expert and a worker. Nowadays, Producers for weaving larger and more elaborate design of fabric needs to use an expensive pieces of machinery. Although they use complex machinery to produce Termeh in a fast way, it still takes a month to weave 20 yards of Termeh. ‘’Once the designer had created a new pattern it had to be transferred onto ruled paper from which it could be ‘programmed’ into the loom, the weaver being able to...