Creative Design: Graduate

Distortion

---

Abstract

The examination and theoretical investigations of visual illusions have lasted for several centuries and continue into the present day. The initial goal of the current wearable art design, Distort, was to explore more possibilities in designing motifs of geometrical-optical illusions on 2-D textiles and 3-D garments utilizing digital embroidery and laser cut technologies assisted by a handcraft technique. The purposes of this design research were to: (a) create geometrical-optical illusion motifs using textiles based on the artists’ works and to manipulate the motifs with laser cutting technology, and (b) experiment with methods of engineering the complexity motifs of digital embroidery and laser cutting on the digital garment patterns. This design project exhibits an innovative method for exploring the application of Optical Art concepts into textile design using laser cutting technology, previously rarely achieved with traditional hand-cutting methods. 

Keywords: Laser cutting, Engineered pattern, Optical Art, Digital pattern-making

How to Cite:

Jiang, L., (2024) “Distortion”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 76(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.17106