A digital pattern cutting investigation: Bill Gibb - Turntable Animation

Date

2024

Collection

CSM Museum & Study Collection

Code

FA.2024.144.CC

Catalogue link

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License

Creative Commons

This animation presents a 3D digital model with transparent textiles, allowing viewers to see inside and through the garment, which offers a deeper understanding of how the pattern pieces connect and interact.

The animation was created by combining 90 individually rendered frames, resulting in a seamless 360° turntable view of the digital garment. Still images of digital garment rendering with transparent textiles from the front, side-front and floor-up perspectives.



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