“[These] designs utilize patterns expressed [in] organic form from nature,” Joo June Sik tells 3DPrint.com. “As we wanted to illustrate this complicated pattern accurately, we selected a 3D printer.”
More specifically, the team used a MakerBot Replicator 2 3D printer, and the entire process required 982 full hours of print time, which equates to almost 41 entire days. The project, which was started on September 25, 2014, just finished up yesterday (November 10). Some of the designs are created to mimic differnt plants, flowers, and fruit. For example, one of these fashion pieces is designed after the rose motif, utilizing details from this flower.
One design depicts a vine, thorns, and barbed wire fencing, while another uses the shape of ivy leaves featuring a double layer pattern. All of the patterns were created by Lee So Yeon, although the others helped in the conversion to 3D files and ultimately the printing on the MakerBot 3D printer. The design, modeling and printing included several software packages such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, netfabb, MakerBot Desktop, and simplify3D.
Once printed, the different parts needed to be assembled, and then they were painted. The designs are printed using a flexible filament, which allows for the bending and contouring with the wearer’s body. The end results are on display from now until November 14 at Hongik University, and the exhibit is titled “Naturalistic Patterns Costume Design.”
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