1. State of the art, project management and documentation¶

Assignment¶

Build a documentation website describing yourself and your motivation for the textile-academy, including your previous work
Upload the documentation to your project page on class.textile-academy.org
Add references and research based on the topic of your interest
Learn how to upload images, videos, references and how to use markdown and gitlab
EXTRA POINT Customize your website and document how you did it
Create your personal webpage on Gitlab and add your portfolio, interests and project ideas at your landing page

Why Fabricademy?¶

I consider myself an aspiring polymath. I love learning new things; after all, learning doesn't take up space, and Fabricademy is an opportunity for me to delve into new paths of knowledge.

I have several motivations to do the Fabricademy. Next year we will be a node of the global Fabricademy. We hope to have at least 20 students next year as a node, and as such, we need at least one instructor for every 4-5 students.

I also have three projects that I would like to do as my final work.

Personal webpage creation¶

All the main points in documenting for Fabricademy and how to set our webpage are in the next presentation:

Tools¶

Project, References & Inspiration¶

I have three objectives for my Fabricademy journey.

I want to develop a felted agave fiber fabric covered with bioplastic or other material to resemble leather. We have a lot of liquor production that comes from agave, and only the cone is used in the production so all the leaves are left behind. Those leaves have a lot of fibers; actually sisal ropes are made of agave fibers.
Secondly I want to finish my CNC jaquard loom. It is in a very late stage; the concept has been proven to work, and my objective is to develop a "Hellow World" version.
Thirdly, since Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley is an important textile industry producer in the continent, there are some companies that are producing fabric from 100% recycled fiber. I want to demonstrate that a profitable business can be achieved with locally designed and produced garnments, 100% recycled fabrics, and adding some consumer-ready electronics. I would like to make all the processes, from Ideation, Design, DFM (Design For Manufacturing), and Production, in the order of a few thousand. I already talked with a company to sew the garment, and I am in talks with a couple companies that produce the fabric. The name is Project Whimsical

Whimsical describes more than just decisions made impulsively, but things resulting from an unrestrained imagination¶

The feel and look of Project Whimsical¶

describe what you see in this image

Image reference