A digital pattern cutting investigation: Bill Gibb - Open Close Animation

Date

2024

Collection

CSM Museum & Study Collection

Code

FA.2024.145.CC

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License

Creative Commons

This animation showcases a digital model which transforms between a ‘stitched’ and ‘exploded’ format, emphasising the connection of the garment’s flat pattern pieces and their assembled form.

This animation showcases a pattern cutting investigation using digital garment simulation technology, CLO3D and Blender, with an archival garment to examine past pattern cutting methods. Focusing on a Bill Gibb artefact, housed at the Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection, the garment was examined and measured over three observations, informing a reinterpretation of the garment’s pattern cutting approach. The project aims to uncover previously hidden techniques embedded in the garment, revealing insights from the past to the consciousness of new audiences.

Lucie Shilton Digital: CLO3D and Blender Fashion