Where is the boundary of textile? - Fabric, Industrial materials.

Research project for seeking the boundary between something that counts as a textile and something that doesn't. To reach the considerations of this topic, we turned ten industrial materials into the fabrics by four techniques : hand weaving, dyeing(in black), air tumbler, and heat press. (Excerpt from the text) * * * The general perception in the industry is that things falling into the category of “textiles” are largely limited to fabrics. Paper and industrial materials are not included. However, if you look at it in terms of a flat surface, then both of those are the same as fabrics. Even if you focus on the materials that they consist of, you'll find that many fabrics and industrial materials are made using the same raw materials. Nevertheless, the impression we took away from looking at paper and industrial materials was that, in most cases, they were slightly different than the fabrics we had looked at. What exactly gave rise to those differences? Where lies the boundary between something that counts as a textile and something that doesn't? After trial and error, we concluded that turning an industrial material into a fabric could be an effective approach in seeking an answer to that question, and thereby settled on this experimental theme. * * *