Somak Weaving

Glossary

A flat-weave tapestry weaving technique where weft yarns are wrapped over four warp threads before being twisted back under the last two warps. This creates a discontinuous weft and embroidery-like patterns. From the Turkic word sekmek, meaning “to skip up and down” and the Arabic and Syriac word summaq, meaning “red.”

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Somak Weaving%newline%A flat-weave tapestry weaving technique where weft yarns are wrapped over four warp threads before being twisted back under the last two warps. This creates a discontinuous weft and embroidery-like patterns. From the Turkic word sekmek, meaning “to skip up and down” and the Arabic and Syriac word summaq, meaning “red.”

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Somak Weaving”. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/somak-weaving/
MLA	“Somak Weaving.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/somak-weaving/. Accessed 27, April, 2024.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Somak Weaving. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/somak-weaving/. (Accessed: 27, April, 2024)