Full scale dressmaking
December 30, 2022 7:35 PM Subscribe
Sophy Wong makes clothing using a hybrid 3dprint-sewn technique.
The effect is sort of like scale armor, but more like all-over beading, so maybe the 20s will do the 20s again. (Not that the 1920s were as single-minded about beaded fringed sheaths as the movies would like, but maybe this is the technology making the beaded clothes affordable the way chainette fringe did fringe.)
The printed segments are limited by, or control, curvature, as dense quilting sometimes has.
Surely I'm missing a previous discussion of Nervous Systems' various Kinematics dresses -- they 3D print the whole thing, of pieces hinged together, but they print both parts of the hinge at once. Even more amazing, they calculate how the dress can fold into a small volume, print it crumpled, and unfold the whole thing at once, like a rhubarb leaf unfurling.
Scaled, tiled, imbricated, jazerained...
The effect is sort of like scale armor, but more like all-over beading, so maybe the 20s will do the 20s again. (Not that the 1920s were as single-minded about beaded fringed sheaths as the movies would like, but maybe this is the technology making the beaded clothes affordable the way chainette fringe did fringe.)
The printed segments are limited by, or control, curvature, as dense quilting sometimes has.
Surely I'm missing a previous discussion of Nervous Systems' various Kinematics dresses -- they 3D print the whole thing, of pieces hinged together, but they print both parts of the hinge at once. Even more amazing, they calculate how the dress can fold into a small volume, print it crumpled, and unfold the whole thing at once, like a rhubarb leaf unfurling.
Scaled, tiled, imbricated, jazerained...
I liked the talk near the end about turning this into wearables with the way printing is going.
I'm so tired of carrying flat rectangles freaking everywhere.
posted by NoThisIsPatrick at 9:29 PM on December 30, 2022
I'm so tired of carrying flat rectangles freaking everywhere.
posted by NoThisIsPatrick at 9:29 PM on December 30, 2022
Very cool! I’m glad you shared this.
3D printing is interesting and getting really neat applications- I wish it were possible to do it without adding so much more plastic into the world. Efficiently deployed plastic for clothes is still plastic clothes.
posted by janell at 9:51 PM on December 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
3D printing is interesting and getting really neat applications- I wish it were possible to do it without adding so much more plastic into the world. Efficiently deployed plastic for clothes is still plastic clothes.
posted by janell at 9:51 PM on December 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Cosplayers are going to have a freaking field day when they get there hands on this.
It’s going to be great.
posted by oddman at 9:55 PM on December 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
It’s going to be great.
posted by oddman at 9:55 PM on December 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
true, janell. There are bio plastic filaments, and you could print those onto a natural fiber net… I don’t know if there are nets and filaments suitable to be melted down together and reworked.
posted by clew at 12:52 AM on December 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by clew at 12:52 AM on December 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
After the plastic is printed and worn, is there any way to re-extrude it? Reuseable clothing that can be reformed at will could be if not great at least ok.
posted by nat at 3:59 AM on December 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by nat at 3:59 AM on December 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
is there any way to re-extrude it?
You can put the waste through a shredder, melt it and re-extrude it back into filament. Unfortunately for domestic users, the equipment for this is often quite a bit more expensive than the 3D printer itself. And of course you need to segregate the waste plastic by material and (possibly) colour, which may add problems.
posted by pipeski at 4:43 AM on December 31, 2022 [3 favorites]
You can put the waste through a shredder, melt it and re-extrude it back into filament. Unfortunately for domestic users, the equipment for this is often quite a bit more expensive than the 3D printer itself. And of course you need to segregate the waste plastic by material and (possibly) colour, which may add problems.
posted by pipeski at 4:43 AM on December 31, 2022 [3 favorites]
I do look forward to seeing the ingenuity and inventiveness of the cosplay folks taking advantage of the technology! And if it stays in a hobby/enthusiast/cosplay space, I can imagine a viable waste-to-reuse stream. Vs using it for, say, outerwear, where I’d expect the used clothes to end up in waterways/ditches/landfill just like any other discarded clothing.
posted by janell at 8:40 AM on December 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by janell at 8:40 AM on December 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
So cool!
Been seeing 3D printing come up a few times in regards to fashion.
Here's Iris Van Herpen's latest work, which also integrates 3d printing.
I suppose it's the growing availability of the materials and printers.
So cool that designers are coming up with new ways to play with how structures collapse and bend.
Not exactly the same thing, but this work reminds me of the Lego brick-bending work of Jeff Sanders.
posted by ishmael at 8:43 AM on December 31, 2022 [2 favorites]
Been seeing 3D printing come up a few times in regards to fashion.
Here's Iris Van Herpen's latest work, which also integrates 3d printing.
I suppose it's the growing availability of the materials and printers.
So cool that designers are coming up with new ways to play with how structures collapse and bend.
Not exactly the same thing, but this work reminds me of the Lego brick-bending work of Jeff Sanders.
posted by ishmael at 8:43 AM on December 31, 2022 [2 favorites]
Really intersecting links. I wonder what it feels like to sit down in one of those dresses… ouch!(?)
posted by Bunglegirl at 4:01 PM on December 31, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Bunglegirl at 4:01 PM on December 31, 2022 [3 favorites]
I wonder what it feels like to sit down in one of those dresses… ouch!(?)
I was thinking the same thing.
I imagine that one way they could avoid pinching or poking is to build unfolding or collapsing features into the structure of the material in problematic areas, kinda like the origami technique that's used to unfold solar sails the same way every time.
posted by ishmael at 4:53 PM on December 31, 2022
I was thinking the same thing.
I imagine that one way they could avoid pinching or poking is to build unfolding or collapsing features into the structure of the material in problematic areas, kinda like the origami technique that's used to unfold solar sails the same way every time.
posted by ishmael at 4:53 PM on December 31, 2022
This Guide by Sara Alverez, is great for people who want to try printing on Fabric. How to 3D print fabric - Step by step
CurveUps by Ruslan Guseinov, Eder Miguel, and Bernd Bickel take it into a whole new dimension. Nervous System had a play with this technique too.
Sew Printed has some great designs which they share on Youtube and insta.
Chiara Giusti is creating beautiful fashion.
Danit Peleg is selling both 3D printed clothes and the STL's.
MIT have a lot of related research, including - Programmable Materials and Active Shoes
Ishmael: > "... kinda like the origami technique that's used to unfold solar sails the same way every time."
It's funny you should suggest that, I designed and made some 3D printed Origami Solar sails in 2020: Twitter or Instagram
posted by Dr Ew at 12:19 PM on January 1, 2023 [6 favorites]
CurveUps by Ruslan Guseinov, Eder Miguel, and Bernd Bickel take it into a whole new dimension. Nervous System had a play with this technique too.
Sew Printed has some great designs which they share on Youtube and insta.
Chiara Giusti is creating beautiful fashion.
Danit Peleg is selling both 3D printed clothes and the STL's.
MIT have a lot of related research, including - Programmable Materials and Active Shoes
Ishmael: > "... kinda like the origami technique that's used to unfold solar sails the same way every time."
It's funny you should suggest that, I designed and made some 3D printed Origami Solar sails in 2020: Twitter or Instagram
posted by Dr Ew at 12:19 PM on January 1, 2023 [6 favorites]
So cool! I doubt this was a use case for the first 3D printer, so it's really interesting to see how people will re-purpose stuff for their own uses.
posted by Harald74 at 4:38 AM on January 2, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Harald74 at 4:38 AM on January 2, 2023 [1 favorite]
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