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Digital Design – Craft Fabrication: Crafting Prototypes

The proposed crafts have been trialled in the domestic environment.

Tapestry Pattern

A pattern created by scripting in Grasshopper to extract and translate information from the Weaving Near Kilmartin soundscape, weaving gesture image and photograph of fabric scraps which were available.
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Homemade Loom

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Wall Hanging

The result of weaving using the output pattern and scrap fabrics.
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Mycelium Tile: 3D Print

Extracting and translating information from the Planing in Glasgow soundscape, a tile form was created and 3D-printed
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Mycelium Tile: Silicon Mould

Silicon mould taken from the 3D print.
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Mycelium Tile

Grown in the silicon mould using wood shavings taken from visit to furniture maker Martin Campbell as substrate.
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Willow Weaving Pattern

Pattern output from Grasshopper scripting to translate Basket Making in Argyll soundscape into 3D form to be woven in willow.
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Willow Weaving Stakeboard

Board created to allow the willow to be woven into complex forms output from scripts.
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Woven Screen Prototype

Small-scale prototype of the proposed Woven Willow Screen.
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Patchwork Plan

Pattern output from Grasshopper scripts using information extracted from the Sewing soundscape and an image of available scrap fabrics.
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Patchwork Blocks

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Patchwork Cushion

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