Alpaca Owners and Breeders of America

Selected Philadelphia University Textile Design students went to the Alpaca Owners and Breeders of America Banquet this past weekend February 18-20th, in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Our school placed four finalists...Angela Leonard recieved second place, Tina Brumm recieved third, Allegra Meyers recieved fifth and Leah D'Ambrosio recieved sixth place. Friday, February 18th we toured Manuel Couture from 3-4pm and then from 6-9pm the awards reception was held and the top four finalists for the Fashion Design and Textile Design categories recieved there ribbon and scholarship award. On Saturday, February 19th, we toured New Era Fiber Mill, 9:30- 11:30 am and then were treated to a lucheon at Hickory Bluff Farms. The Tennessee Alpaca Association prepared a grand buffet and during the afternoon at the farm we also viewed all the entries in an exhibition which spanned three rooms. On Sunday, February 20th the group attended The National Needlearts Association Exhibition and was able to view the newest trends and developments in the needlearts including alpaca yarn manufacturers. All in all it was a whirlwind weekend!

By Tina Brumm

Laser Cutting

Laser cut paper and textiles merge a technology with textiles that we are beginning to see more and more.


We are familiar with Creation Baumann, a Swiss company that developed curtains that we've seen in Interior Design magazine among other publications.

ENERGY is a laser cut, three-dimensional curtain that looks more like a hanging sculpture than a fabric. It transforms light through a series of slits and ridges, which at a glance are reminiscent of geometric feathers. “A voluminous fabric”, ENERGY is a paper-like material whose construction method is mysterious but intriguing.

Creation Baumann has an extensive collection of extravagant modern textiles that put traditional tweed to shame. The company is sustainably minded, optimizing water management, energy consumption and the use of chemical products along every step of the textile chain. Creation Baumann has been awarded the coveted Oeke-Tex Standard 100 certification, which is a globally uniform testing system that guarantees safe and ecologically sound principles along all stages of textile manufacture—from raw material production to final product. The Oeke-Tex Standard 100 certification also guarantees end products are free from harmful substances like formaldehyde, pesticides, heavy metals, chlororganic carriers and all allergy-inducing dyes and colorants.
by Amanda Smith

We've also seen laser cut fabric at Art Basel Miami in 2008. They featured a giant laser cut tent!

Laser cutting is not limited to cut-through shapes, but the lasers can also be controlled with the depth of a laser cut, creating sculptural relief on almost any surface. Helen Amy Murray, a London-based textile designer, experiments with this technique on leather.

photo by Camila Diedrich

On the other end, artist Piper Shepard created paper creations that appear to be laser cut. Its attention to detail, and repetitive nature in pattern on the surface make you believe that it is laser cut. However, her designs are completely hand cut!

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Making way for the New Technology

With all the controversy over the decline and inevitable end of the floppy disk I've had my eye out for what will replace the flash drive, too. How does this relate to textiles? 1- it's a design problem. 2- industry machines, including ours on campus, still run on the outdated technologies. 3- think about using a flash drive that was so inexpenisve and customizable you could use it as a calling card.


Submitted by Sarah Sheber

Archaeological Textile Studies California Institute for Peruvian Studies • Bryn Mawr College

Join us for the CIPS Archaeological Textile Course this summer at Bryn Mawr College! This one-week course (June 5^th – 11^th, 2011) centers on the tools and techniques employed in the analysis of archaeological textile materials of ancient Peru and introduces students to the archaeology of the Andes.

Students will learn to identify, analyze and document the features of ancient textiles (fiber, spin and ply structure, weave structure, iconography, and various other techniques) by examining archaeological textiles from various sites in Peru and by learning how to spin and weave the Andean way. The course includes lectures on the art and archaeology of pre-Columbian Andean cultures, guest lectures by archaeologists and fiber artists, and field trips to local museums.

This course is suited to art and archaeology students, museum professionals and textile enthusiasts of any age.

For more information, contact Anne Tiballi at cipstextiles@gmail.com

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Anne Tiballi, PhD
Director of Archaeological Textile Studies
California Institute for Peruvian Studies

PhilaU visits Highpoint, NC for ITMA!

Five Textile Design students participated in a field trip sponsored by the International Textile Market Association from Jan. 25 through Jan. 28 in Highpoint, NC. Highpoint is the center of the US furniture industry, filled with high-end showrooms, furniture manufacturing plants, textile manufacturing facilities and textile design studios. Philadelphia University Textile Design students and faculty participated with their peers from other institutions to tour studios, manufacturing facilities and attend networking and portfolio review sessions.

Cotton Biomimicry Project

The image was taken at Cotton Incorporated's world headquarters in Cary, NC. 

Textile Design jacquard students who are participating in a Cotton Biomimicry project, along with their project partners from a range of disciplines, toured the Cotton Inc. and [TC]2 facilities on Feb. 10. The trip was both informative and inspirational. The Cotton Biomimicry project will conclude with presentations of jacquard textiles on Thursday April 21 as part of the first annual Philadelphia Science Festival. 

Inspiration Boards from NYFW

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Geotextiles

The company, R.H. Moore & Associates, uses Geotextiles in soil stabilization, reinforcement, and ground stress relief. These materials can be found in the application of building and paving new roads, controlling erosion, water management, and waste management.

Converse and Marimekko Collaboration

 

Unveiling a new model, reissue and pitch-perfect collaboration, Converse's triple-threat announcement today builds on the brand's commitment to making everyday sportswear with playfully wearable style. For their spring collection, Converse partnered with Marimekko, sourcing patterns—the colorful Tarha (1963) and the looping scaly Pikkusuomu (1965) by Annika Rimala and the tiny triangles of the Kirppu (1980) by Maija and Kristina Isola—from the Finnish textile house's archives.

The work of some of Marimekko's most iconic designers, the graphics also speak to Marimekko's modern art influence—as explained in the mini-documentary Converse made about the project.

The partnership brings the bold prints to both classic hi and low Chucks (around $80) as well as to two more surprising profiles—Helen ($75), a slightly more feminine Purcell named for Jack Purcell's wife and reproduced stich-for-stitich, along with the PJ ($75-85), a brand-new look that's slim and thin-soled, like a classic '50s sneaker.

Packaged with equally cute shoe bags in matching prints, look out for the collection this spring onConverse.com and at premium retailers.

By Ami Kealoha

ion-mask

A finishing called ion-mask, gives textiles a water repellant finish and maintains a textile's breathability by molecularly bonding to a whole surface. It is over one thousand times thinner than human hair!

The Armored T-Shirt

In an article in May in Advanced Materials, researchers gave their recipe for infusing a T-shirt with boron carbide, the main component of bulletproof vests. Dip a cotton T-shirt in a boron-nickel solution, and put it in a furnace heated to 1,160°C, and you have a hybrid textile of boron-carbide nanowire and carbon-microfiber — a flexible shirt reinforced with the third-hardest material on the planet. 

BY MICHAEL SILVERBERG


Submitted by Catherine Gleason


Article can be found here.

Charlie Bucket's Fluid Dress

Fluid Dress from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

Charlie Bucket  is developing a personal look towards materials: pumping fluids in tubes to change objects' (and cloths’, as you see in the video) substance and feeling. Magic-like.

The installation is based on openFrameworks, and uses 6 arduino-driven pumps to make the fluid flowing through the tubes. Very interesting fabrication pictures on Flickr.

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