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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;6rivets, post: 39311, member: 24&quot;]Your tapestry is machine-woven as well, Ladybranch.&nbsp; It&#039;s not the same front and back; the back is like a negative image of the front.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see how all the yarns go right across the entire tapestry, and then stop? They come to the front only when that color (say, skin) is needed for a particular area.&nbsp; Jacquard woven, mass produced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what handwoven tapestry looks like - front AND back.&nbsp;&nbsp; The different colored yarns cover only the area of that color - they interlock with other color areas but do not continue across:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.artsyhome.com/2012/02/Critters-Bat-Fish-small.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And this is how it&#039;s woven (there&#039;s a paper chart in the background:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://hippieartchick.com/img/tapestry_close_up.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://hippieartchick.com/img/tapestry1.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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