At Brahms Mount Textiles in Hallowell: 'We Believe in the Power of Making' Their Looms Humming, Artist Propel the Creative Economy by Reinvigorating Textile Manufacturing in Maine

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The spirit of Maine textile manufacturing is alive and well and living in Hallowell where its song is the clickety-clackety, rackety- clickety rhythm of its power looms. Claudia Brahms and Noel Mount, owners of Brahms Mount Textiles, are the embodiment of that spirit.

Indeed, even the looms on which they weave blankets, towels, tote bags and other products were resurrected from the sprawling red brick recesses of Maine's departed textile industry. They use looms recycled from Knox mills, Bates Manufacturing mills, Cascade mills and Biddeford Textiles mills.

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At Brahms Mount Textiles in Hallowell: 'We Believe in the Power of Making' Their Looms Humming, Artist Propel the Creative Economy by Reinvigorating Textile Manufacturing in Maine

The looms were either given to Brahms and Mount for their enterprise, or "bought for very little money," Mount said. Some of the looms they acquired are used for spare parts.

For the last 25 years, Brahms and Mount have carried on their weaving in buildin...

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