weaving factry

The members of weaving club visited a weaving factory in south of

Kyoto bordering to Nara on August 9.

In several decades ago, this area produce KAYA(woven net hung over sleeping peoples to protect from mosquito) which then changed into manufacturing of KANREISHA, very course nets to be used on agriculture field such as tea, to protect from frost. However, all those products were replaced by Chinese products which are cheaper and the area has no competition due to high manufacturing costs.

The company converted in to the production of woven wall covering as well as FUSUMAGAMI, covering of FUSUMA.

The first step for weaving is start by warp preparation, very even warp tension distribution over all warps is very essential to determine quality of woven fabric.

They use very old warping machine which however suitable to wind very fine and easy to break yarns.

They have also sectional warper.

150 warps on creel were wound as one section and repeat 10 times.

1500 wound warps on the drum is now rewind to beam.

They produce all fabrics on 24 air jet and 10 riper looms.

Production of total Japanese wall covering is 700 million square meters however woven wall covering have only 1 %!

Main reason will be, woven can easy to get stain and difficult to remove those stains, seams to next covering stay very clear, etc. And they have 14 steps in manufacturing which make costs higher.

However, all wall covering products in this factory are using natural fibers or fibers made from natural materials. Glue using to laminate paper is starch. Therefore there is no use of evaporating chemical matters which will cause thick house symptom.

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It is matched products fit to environmental friendly.  Also the products are biologically solving.

It is my opinion that the materials are made from plant which absorb CO2 during glowing, therefore when those are burning, but environmental load are plus minus ZERO as those are biomass.

Woven wall covering made from natural materials having air permissibility, absorb

dusts in air, giving tender of nature and environment, we have to put more attentions on to this woven wall covering。