Creative Design: Graduate

Twisted Plane

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Abstract

Geometric-Optical Art yields an awareness of a mismatch of geometrical properties between an item in object space and its associated perception (Westheimer, 2008). Inspired by Geometric-Optical Art and the concept of perception, the goals of creating this design research were to a) utilize fabric color and textures to express the visual effect of optical illusions, and b) determine the feasibility of creating Optical Art motifs with textiles and garment patterns for making creative silhouettes. The whole design process was divided into three steps. The first step was creating motif patterns for laser cutting and digital textile print. The second step of the design process was textile manipulation, which mainly combined inspirational images and the created motif in the first step with the researched fabric modification methods to transform two-dimensional planar patterns into three-dimensional stereoscopic texture effects. The third step was implementation by the method of 2D-3D-2D.

Keywords: engineered pattern, Optical Art, Laser cutting

How to Cite:

Jiang, L., (2020) “Twisted Plane”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 77(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.12031