CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Travis Meinolf demonstrates how to weave; the tools necessary to make cloth are the cardboard loom, thread, and scissors; cloth made from the laser-cut loom; spectators learn to weave at the gallery exhibit at California College of the Arts in Oakland, Calif., where Meinolf earned his art degree.

You can see Travis Meinolf’s weaving and looms at flickr.com/photos/mrtatiana.