ARCHIVE: PASSWORD
Submitted code (click to enlarge): Password
Submission Title: Password
Submitted by: Audrey Samson
Participant’s field of work/interest: Multidisciplinary artist-researcher
Participant’s Image Description:
"I was thinking of passwords. Passwords are encrypted and the translation of the image (or in this case text) into binary woven format could be a form of encryption. A binary equivalent of a passwords might resemble: 1000100100011110101010010010101010111000100101010101010."
Original Dimensions: N/A
Translated and Woven by Sophia Borowska
Submitted by: Audrey Samson
Participant’s field of work/interest: Multidisciplinary artist-researcher
Participant’s Image Description:
"I was thinking of passwords. Passwords are encrypted and the translation of the image (or in this case text) into binary woven format could be a form of encryption. A binary equivalent of a passwords might resemble: 1000100100011110101010010010101010111000100101010101010."
Original Dimensions: N/A
Translated and Woven by Sophia Borowska
Pointcarré weaving simulation (click to enlarge).
Translation to Weaving
After discussing some different options for translating binary code through weaving, Audrey Samson ended up sending in a string of two lines of code. Each sequence had eight digits (bits) and I noted that the punch cards from Lisio academy in Italy functioned on groups of eight as well. We agreed that creating a woven punch card would be an interesting reference to binary code and Jacquard weaving’s original shared method of information storage.
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Technique and Process Notes
I made the illustration for the punch cards and input Samson’s own binary code data by drawing and filling in circles on the cards. To recreate the sense of a punch-card as a physical object that is both interchangeable and reversible, I made the woven punch-card with weft-faced linen on each side, to resemble cardboard and have the piece be double-sided. I set up the file with four wefts and two warps, but wove with just one of each. The linen is in a long satin double-weave, and the holes are in a tight structure using the opposite warp, giving them an indented effect.
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Colour reduction for weaving design (click to enlarge).
Outcome notes
The piece successfully resembles a punch card, although some “lazy threads” on the warp left a couple mistakes and missed stitches. The second piece, which was woven with a stitched double weave instead of the pocket double-weave used for the first, turned out more evenly. However, the textural contrast (between the satin-weave cardboard and the plainweave holes) is more pronounced in the first one.
Number of Picks: 760
Woven Dimensions: 27” x 5.5”
Weaving Density: 138 ppi
Threads Used: Warp is white 2/16 mercerized cotton and black 2/16 mixed fibre. Wefts are 2/8 linen and black 2/16 mixed fibre.
Number of Picks: 760
Woven Dimensions: 27” x 5.5”
Weaving Density: 138 ppi
Threads Used: Warp is white 2/16 mercerized cotton and black 2/16 mixed fibre. Wefts are 2/8 linen and black 2/16 mixed fibre.
Images of Final Woven Sample
FRONT (ABOVE), BACK (BELOW).
FRONT (DETAIL) - click to enlarge
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BACK (DETAIL) - click to enlarge
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