Qi Wang – Zero Waste Weaving/Laser Cutting

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source: https://eluxemagazine.com/fashion/zero-waste-designers/

When looking for ideas for the laser cutter, I came across Qi Wang, who incorporated laser cutting and etching into her designs, but also laser cut excess material left overs into strips of fabric, which she then wove into new garments or incorporated into pieces. As I was introduced to weaving and laser cutting in the same week, I definitely wanted to make use of this idea and translate it into my own project.

Collecting ideas

Those three books were a treasure drove of inspiration for digital fabrication techniques. The following are examples from those books, that stood out to me for ways of creating new shapes, design lines, textures etc. The main fabrication technique used is laser cutting, which is the machine I’d be learning and using in week 2.

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