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- Title of Exhibit Proposal:
New Approaches to Stitch and Form (Ref #237)
- Date:
- 24-01-2007 13:16:41
- Status:
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Accepted with revisions
- Rating:
- 7
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Details:
- The research embodies experimentation with embroidered fabrics and the 3D form of the body.
Pattern cutting techniques, evolving from craft practice demands a knowledge of the human form, the fit of a fashion product, styling, proportion and measurements. It necessitates an understanding of the relationships between the body and of the fabric form which covers it. Both manual and CAD techniques require aesthetic judgements within the creation of new ideas for drapes and shapes.
My design research began with a number of questions in relation to 2D embroidered textile designs and the 3D form of the body
Currently my work explores the transforming effects of embroidered textile designs, the 3D form and projected imagery using digital and CAD technologies. This design process has resulted in a number of unique designs which challenge traditional design methods and have potential interactive possibilities using CAD technologies.
The developmental pieces explore and illustrate the relationship between the two dimensional textile design and the three dimensional form of the body. Ideas for the paper will be drawn from a collaborative exhibition, from action research with students and from current experimental work. There will be an exploration into the complex relationships which face the designer when contemplating the synergies between 2D designs and the 3D form.
Interesting calculations explore the industrial embroidery machine?s perameters and areas of repeated elements across one meter of fabric. The fabric weight and thread type are considered when working on the multi-head Baruden embroidery machine. The initiations of stitched elements on the computer are exciting and give new areas to explore for design ideas. Rather than being restrictive, the limitations of the working area act as a catalyst for numerous design possibilities.
Geometric shapes are given intimacy as the inner and outer forms blend and shadows challenge boundaries of body, space, surfaces and shapes. Lighting gives radiance to the stitched designs and transparent surfaces and the layering gives new juxtapositions between shape, light, shadows, context and the body forms.
?The body, she noted, must never be forgotten and must be used as a frame is used in building. The vagaries of lines and details or any asymmetric effect must have a close connection with this frame? (Elsa Schaparelli, Shocking Life E.P. Dutton and Co, New York, 1954).
The designs I will develop for the exhibition will encompass projected stitched imagery and the responses to fabric designs on the static and moving 3D body form.
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