Assignment | 10 oktober 2017

Design and fabricate a modular reconfigurable system or seamless garment

ref.: http://fabricademy.fabcloud.io/handbook/classes/02_circular_fashion.html

The examples shown during the lecture reminded me of origami, which is my inspiration for this week. I also liked the reminder of 'keep it simple' hence I chose for the triangle shape. I also liked the three dimensional aspect of this shape and I am curious if I can manage to recreate this with fabric.

The quickest way for me to figure out the shape is via paper.

I am very comfortable with this program, so it took me relatively little time to draw out the shapes. I made few sets of triangles. A big and little 3D shape, one big shape to fit the small ones in and a single side one. I could make even more variations, but I first wanted to know how well these pieces would interlock.

I toughed felt was a common product, but I took me effort to find it in the local stores, and quite expensive at that. The felt I found is a thin sheet (aprox 2 mm thick), made from polyester (recycled post consumer plastic bottles). In the laser I used settings like I would be cutting thin cardboard (600DPI - S.80/P.30/F.500) and the result is nice. There is a light discoloration where the cut is, but the edge itself does not feel crunchy. On the back there is (like I expected) some staining from the honeycomb which can be prevented by using masking tape. Also the burning smell does not linger very long. After leaving the pieces sitting on a shelf for a few day's the odor is gone.

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