Creative Design: Professional

Send Me All the Flowers

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Abstract

Reflection and response to waste produced by fabric layout challenges posed by a larger body of work were addressed by designing a garment that would incorporate a solution. This design solution incorporated the use of digital textile printing, repeated motifs, and laser-cutting to make use of the smaller, wasted areas left on digitally printed yardage. Smaller motifs were set within the unused areas of the digital layouts and laser-cut; these motifs were then sewn to a base fabric, creating a new textile with texture and movement. The process incorporates the use of widely accessible technology, making this approach easily expanded upon in future work.

Keywords: Component, Sustainability, Engineered Print, Component Design, Digital Textile Printing

How to Cite:

Riewe, K., (2020) “Send Me All the Flowers”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 77(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.11868