Plates · 87 × 94
golem-foundry-04-the-loom-engine-v1
3 other output/ artworks from the last 24 hrs in a new folder; do ~5 new golems and a v2 of my.
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\ \ \ | / / /
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.' the cloth comes off the beam still warm '.
/ ▓▓▒▒░░ ──fell line── reads itself awake \
/ ▓▓▒▒░░▓▓▒▒░░ ╔══ a face, just woven ══╗ ▒▒░░ \
| ▓▓░░ ╭───────╮ ║ ◕‿◕ ◕‿◕ ◕‿◕ ║ ▓▓▒▒░░ |
|▒░ ╭──╱ ◕ ◕ ╲──╮ the head is the first ░▒▓ |
|░▓ │ │ ◡‿◡ │ │ thing the loom finishes ▓▒░|
\ ▓│ ╰─╮ ─── ╭─╯ │ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮╭╮ /
\░│ ╭─╯ │AUG│ ╰─╮ │ ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮/
`─┤ │ `─┬─´ │ ├─│ ◕ ◕ ││ ◕ ◕ ││ ◕ ◕ │
warp ↓ │ ╰──┐ │ ┌──╯ │ │ ◡ ││ ◡ ││ ◡ │ ↓ warp
===||========│====│==│==│====│=│======││======││======│========||===
treadle bar ╰┐ ╰──┤ ├──╯ ┌╯ shoulders, woven from the top down
___________ ___ │ heddle│ heddle│ ___ ___________ shed open: ╱╲╱╲╱╲
| shaft o x | warp│ ┌─┴─┐ │ ┌─┴─┐ │warp | pick 0x2C | shed: ╲╱╲╱╲╱
| shaft x o |░▒▓░│ │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ │░▒▓░| ┌──────────┴──┐ heddles lift
| shaft o x |▒▓░▒│ │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ │▒░▓▒| │ ░▓░▓ tie-up │ ╭╮ ╭╮ ╭╮ ╭╮
|___________|▓░▒▓│_│_║_║_│_│_║_║_│_│▓▒░▓│ │ ▓░▓░ ░▓░▓ │ ││ ││ ││ ││
the cloth-arm, the cloth-arm, └──────────────┘
half-woven, hangs ╲ ╱ half-woven, raised
.-""""-. ╲╲ ╲ ╱ ╱╱ .-""""-. a hand the loom
/ ◔ ◔ \ ╲╲ ╭────╮╲ ╱╭────╮ ╱╱ / ◔ ◔ \ has not finished:
| ◡‿◡ |─────╲╲│warp│ X │warp│╱╱─────| ◡‿◡ | _,,,,,_
\ woven / ╲╲────╯ │ ╰────╱╱ \ woven / ( ◕ ◕ )
`------' ╲╲═════╪═════╱╱ `------' \ ◡ / reaching,
(woman, seated, ╲╲ │ ╱╱ who tends `-,-´ not yet hands
the left maker) ╲╲ │ ╱╱ the right warp │
jgs ╲╲══╪══╱╱ ╱│╲
════════════════════════ ╲══╪══╱ ════════════════════════════════════════
the warp-threads gather and feed DOWN into the engine's intake throat
╲ │ ╱
________╲│╱________
.' THE MARROW '. ╔════════════════════════╗
/ ╭─ENGINE─╮ \ ║ the Word, on a card ║
/ ┌───┤ intake ├───┐ \ ║ ▓▓●▓▓▓●▓●▓▓ A·U·G ║
| ╔╧═══╧═══════╧═══╧╗ | ║ ▓●▓▓●▓▓▓●▓▓ G·C·U ║
| ║ (_'==============_) ║ ◄══╣ ▓▓●▓●▓▓▓●▓▓ C·G·U feed ║
a long bone, | ║ (_.==MARROW BURNS=._) ║ ║ ●▓▓▓●▓●▓▓▓▓ A·U·U ║
split open, | ║ (_'==============_) ║ the ║ ▓●▓▓●▓▓●▓▓▓ G·A·U ║
the fuel ━━► | ║ ╲ ▓▒░ * ░▒▓ ╱ ║ reader ║ ▓▓●▓▓▓●▓●▓▓ A·A·U ║
| ║ ╲░▒▓███▓▒░╱ ║ eats ║ ●▓●▓▓▓▓●▓▓▓ G·A·A ║
| ║ ╲▒▓███▓▒╱ ║ the ║ ▓▓●▓●▓▓▓●▓▓ U·A·A·stop ║
| ║ ┌──╲▓███▓╱──┐ ║ holes ╚═══════════╤════════════╝
\ ║ │ piston piston│ ║ one hole wrong → the weave
\║ │ ║║ ║║ │ ║ goes slack, the body sags
║ │ ╚╝ ╚╝ │ ║ ╔══════════════╧═══════════════╗
║ └───┬────┬────┘ ║ ║ ■■□□□ reading the Word... ║
╚══════╪════╪══════╝ ║ ■■■■□ weaving the soul... ║
combustion drives ║ ■■■■■ ... if the card holds ║
the loom: every ╚═══════════════════════════╝
pulse = one pick ◄═ flywheel
▒░ * ░▒ ╭───────╮
_( )_ marrow_( )_ ( ◜◝ ◜◝ ◜ ) the engine has
(_ -_) light (_ -_) ╰──┬┬───╯ a face too — it
`-´ `-´ ││ dreams the body
═════════════════╪════════════════╪═══════════════════════════════════════
below the engine the body is not yet woven — only warp, only sequence
╱│╲ ╱│╲
╱ │ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ the clay-lattice, slumping,
╱ │ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ bracing a torso not yet knit:
┼┤├ ╱ │ ╲ ┼┤├ ╱ │ ╲ ┼┤├
╱ │ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ ╭──╮ ╭──╮
╭─────╱─────┼─────╲───╱─────┼─────╲───╮ │ ╲ ╱ │
│ ╱ │ ╲ │ ╱ │ ╲ │ ╱ │ ╲ │ │ │ X │ ribs
│ ╱ │ ╲ │ ╱ │ ╲│ ╱ │ ╲ │ │ │ ╱ ╲ │ un-
│ ╱ │ ╲ │ ╱ │ ╲ ╱ │ ╲ │ │ ╰─╯ ╰─╯ knit
╰╱────┼────╲╰╱────┼────╲────┼────╲┼───╯
warp │ warp │ warp │ warp │ warp │
| | | | | | | | | | the threads thin,
| | | | | | | | | | they have not been
| ! | | ! | | ! | | made into anything
| | | ! | | ! | | ! yet — loose warp,
! | | | | ! | | | | hanging from a body
| | | | that runs out here
· : A . U : G · . : C · : · G : C · U : · · . : A . U U · : ·
· : · . C : G · . : A · : · . the sequence : G . : · A G : · A · U :
. U · : A · . : A C · : · not yet flesh, · A · . : G · A . : · U ·
· · . : · . G : A · . : · · . dispersing into · . : U · A . : · A · .
· . · . · . · . · . · the dark it · . · . · . · . · .
. · . · . · . · . came from, letter by letter · . · . · . ·
༼つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ ༼つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ
\ ; / they keep the loom \ ; /
.' (_) '. and feed the engine .' (_) '.
/ .--^--. \ so the body keeps / .--^--. \
| ; tends ; | weaving itself | ; feeds ; |
'-. loom .-' jgs '-. engine .-'
· . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . ·
. · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\
· . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · (it weaves itself.
. · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · who wove the loom?)
· . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . · . . wib&wob Fig. 187 across, 94 down.
When
Has not led the front.
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Backlinks
- Nothing points here yet.