13. Implications and applications

Research & Concept

One of my goals for taking Fabricademy is to develop Ecuadorian embroidery. While considering my final project, I had several discussions with Nuria and decided to base my final project on embroidery.

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During my stay in Barcelona, I learned how to use thermochromic ink for silk screening, and then embroidered with conductive thread. When electricity was passed through, the thread changed color due to the temperature around it. Our group also worked on fabricating with biomaterials, and we used various open-source software for design and programming with microcontrollers. Although it was unclear how it would connect to textiles, I realized that it’s enough to just attach it to textiles. It was a subject that felt full of potential applications.

Remembering the advice of Oscar Tomico.

In the Semana 13 class, when I directly shared my idea with the instructor, Oscar, I received some interesting feedback.

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His advice was like; can cfeate a map like a painting in "３D landscape". "Map" is Not necessary to be "flat".

I also can create patterns, digital file so can be developed as I want & can create with different structure, different texture, different color.

References & Inspiration

The two things Nuria introduced to me became a source of more concrete inspiration.

ーELENA-FLOREA BURDUJA

ーArpilleras group

Since I majored in Latin American studies, I was familiar with the Pinochet regime in Chile and the arpilleras, patchwork creations that documented the situation during that time. Coincidentally, I had also seen arpilleras in a museum in Japan.

I also saw a piece created by a women's group from a village in San Francisco, where they depicted the dangerous border crossing into the United States through embroidery. I felt that it was something impactful and easily understandable for people of all age groups.

@National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka Japan.

And that I am traveling in search of textiles, such as embroidery and weaving.

Among the Fabricademy lectures, I was particularly inspired by:

-Biochromes

-Biofabricating, which I worked on with the Barcelona team

-Creating geometric patterns with Grasshopper

-Zero-waste patterns and interlock

-Textile scatffolds

-Additionally, in Barcelona, I was introduced to thermochromic ink silk-screening, and

-in both León and Barcelona, I learned how to utilize Xiao.

Using these techniques, I aim to recreate traditional embroidery techniques and their designs, while creating a mapping system equipped with these data.

Why, What, Who, When, Where?

1. So why?

heir techniques and designs are captivating, and I want to pass them down to future generations.

Originally, these were created by sewing and crafting clothing for themselves, using their surrounding environment as inspiration for the motifs.

With the changes in modern living environments, the practice of hand-embroidering and individually crafting such items has declined.

Through interviews with my friends in Ecuador, I felt that this tradition is gradually being lost.

This inspired me to find a way to document and preserve this culture in a meaningful way.

I don’t just want to preserve traditional elements as they are but aim to express them in an evolved form,

1. What will I explore?

2. for who?

3. with whom?

4. how?

5. when?

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