Send Me All the Flowers

Abstract

Reflection and response to waste produced by fabric layout challenges posed by a larger body of work were addressed by designing a garment that would incorporate a solution. This design solution incorporated the use of digital textile printing, repeated motifs, and laser-cutting to make use of the smaller, wasted areas left on digitally printed yardage. Smaller motifs were set within the unused areas of the digital layouts and laser-cut; these motifs were then sewn to a base fabric, creating a new textile with texture and movement. The process incorporates the use of widely accessible technology, making this approach easily expanded upon in future work.