Fabricademy Week 7 : The Textile Scaffold – Textile composites using Vacuum forming
Textile composites using Vacuum forming and Milling Part 1 – Bio resin made with gelatin Part 2 – Resin and vacuum Part 3 – Design and Milling Part 1 – Bio resin made with gelatin Here are the stages we did to create a Gelatin Bioplastic composite. Mix & create the horrid gelatin solution place the fabrics (dry) […]
Fabricademy Week 7 : The Textile Scaffold – Knitted Fabric formation with concrete
Knitted Fabric formation with concrete Part 1 – Concrete with knitting impressions Part 2 – Removing the knitted casing Part 3 – Other Concrete fabric formations Part 1 – Concrete with knitting impressions One of my favourite concept was the concrete with the knitting impression in it. I set about using some previous hand knitted […]
Fabricademy Week 7 : The Textile Scaffold
The class this week focused on exploring techniques and applications of technical textiles in the industry and our Global Instructor was Anastasia Pistofidou. We were introduced to the idea of designing custom processes that need a set of tools, a few processes and a consistent workflow. We looked at applications and we experimented with many materials […]
Las Makers Christmas Market @ Merkalis – Barcelona
This week Saturday 16th December! We have our final craft market of the year, taking place at the wonderful Meraklis! Carrer dels enamorats nro.130 08026 Barcelona, Spain. I will have a selection of my mother’s original artworks for sale. Have a look at https://www.gillianbestpowell.com/shop Please come to join us for some christmassy creative crafty fun! […]
Computational Couture: Printing interlocking circles at different angles
After looking at my Computational Couture designs again, I decided to step back and look at a simplified way in which shapes would connect. In tis moment I chose a circle and it was designing the 4 interlocking circles which led me to understand where this could be taken in the future when I could […]
Computational Couture: Printing onto Fabric
One of the things I had always wanted to try was 3D printing onto fabric. I was discouraged to try it, but I decided as an explorer of textile techniques that I would think about the process and techniques in how it could be done, then if I felt confident enough, I would just go […]
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