carol ann apilado

Time Warp marks a convergence of timelines in my creative practice, weaving together the past (my roots in illustration and graphic design), the present (my floor loom weaving), and the future (explorations with the TC2 Jacquard loom).

This piece was handwoven on a TC2 jacquard loom—a digital tool developed in Norway. The design is based on one of my early abstracted studies of the kusikus pattern, a traditional Ilokano motif believed to offer protection. That pattern was part of what led me to uncover my family’s nearly forgotten weaving lineage, long before I ever touched a floor loom.

Time Warp was my first encounter with the TC2, and it allowed me to bring one of my original digital illustrations to life through weaving. It felt like a full-circle moment—translating something from my past into fiber, using a tool that points toward the future of textile-making. The process gave me space to reflect on how design, craft, and storytelling can evolve, intertwine, and continue across time.

This piece is a meditation on continuity and transformation. It’s about how the threads of our creative lives can stretch across decades and mediums, finding new form while staying rooted in something deeply personal and ancestral.