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3. Circular Open Source Fashion

Research & Ideation

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The design will use tea leaves as a motif. The idea is to incorporate the concept of Sashiko (traditional Japanese stitching) by utilizing fabric scraps without wasting them to create a single textile.

Sashiko originated in a time when fabric was precious, and it involved stitching scraps together to make a single piece of fabric for clothing. The stitching patterns had different types and meanings.

Embarrassingly, I only learned about the origins of Sashiko when I happened to visit a special exhibition on it at the Textile Museum in Oaxaca, Mexico, last spring. It showcased the history of clothing used in everyday Japanese households. The garments on display were not the glamorous kimonos but rather simpler garments with similar patterns to kimonos, featuring indigo blue as the main color, along with other subdued dark colors like black. While imagining the thoughts of people from that time, I decided to use fabric scraps to create items that incorporate elements of nature, such as tea leaves or flowers.

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References & Inspiration

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"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."

Tools

Using laswr cutter, I set up the same parametros as for cutting paper.

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To make a design, used the ilustrater, but tried to with Scratch. Tha`s the visualized programmimg language. describe what you see in this image

Process and workflow

I thought about connecting tea leaves to create one unified piece. First, I hand-drew the design and then made it by cutting paper. The idea was to cut along the leaf veins and connect them.

After that, I used green felt in a gradient resembling the color of tea leaves.

I used a laser to cut the pieces and then connected them. When I changed the direction while connecting the colors midway, the pieces either connected in a straight line or formed an arm-like shape.

Step 1

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Conect the oppsite direction with the male and female parts, it gonna be like a chain.

Step 2

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conect the male part and female part with same direction, that will be like a necklaes to make a curve design.

so I use 2 colors/multiple cultures to show the different expresion.

Step 3

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My hand drawn sketches are ...

This model 1 was obtained by..

The laser cut nesting 2 was created using..

footnote fabrication files

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Assembly videos

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From Vimeo

Sound Waves from George Gally (Radarboy) on Vimeo.

From Youtube

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Fabrication files

  1. File: Modules ↩

  2. File: Laser cut sheets ↩