A LITTLE FLYING BOAT





WHERE IS THIS LITTLE FLYING BOAT

GOING? PRESS THE BUTTON

AND LISTEN CAREFULLY.



ACTUALLY, THIS ISN’T A FLYING BOAT, BUT A ‘SHUTTLE’ RUNNING BACK

AND FORTH ON A LOOM. IT CARRIES

A THREAD CALLED THE WEFT

AND ITS FINAL GOAL IS WOVEN FABRIC.



WHEN WEAVING ON HANDLOOMS

THE WEAVERS USED LARGE STICK

SHUTTLES MADE OF A FLAT,

NARROW PIECE OF WOOD.





JUST LIKE THE LOOMS, THE SHUTTLE CHANGED

ITS LOOK AND “VOICE” SEVERAL TIMES.

PRESS THE BUTTON AND YOU WILL HEAR

THE VERY LOUD SOUND OF SHUTTLE LOOMS

IN A TEXTILE FACTORY.



MODERN TEXTILE INDUSTRY MAINLY

USES LOOMS WITHOUT SHUTTLES.

INSTEAD THEY SOMETIMES USE

A JET OF WATER OR AIR THAT

CARRIES A THREAD AS FAST

AS A SPACE SHUTTLE!



THE PRODUCTS MADE FROM

WEAVING ARE CALLED FABRICS.

DO YOU RECOGNISE ANY OF THEM?



LET THE WORK BE HEARD

A LITTLE FLYING BOAT

Text: Irena Marušič, Mojca Slapar Illustrations: Matjaž Dekleva

Expert consultants: Boris Brovinsky, Estera Cerar, Milojka Čepon, Romana Erhatič Širnik, Irena Marušič, Mojca Slapar, Vladimir Vilman English translation: Melita Silič Book design: Maša Kozjek

Logotype design: Faculty of Architecture Preparation of e-book: Urša Vodopivec Technical Museum of Slovenia, 2015

Director: Natalija Polenec

CIP - Kataložni zapis o publikaciji Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, Ljubljana 677.024(02.053.2)(0.034.2)

087.5(0.034.2)

MARUŠIČ, Irena

A little flying boat [Elektronski vir] / [text Irena Marušič, Mojca Slapar ; illustrations Matjaž Dekleva ; English translation Melita Silič]. -

Ljubljana : Tehniški muzej Slovenije, 2015. - (Let the work be heard) Način dostopa (URL): http://www.tms.si/fck_files/file/Naj_se_slisi_delo/

Knjizica17.pdf

ISBN 978-961-6464-43-7 (pdf)

1. Gl. stv. nasl. 2. Slapar, Mojca 280355584