The Digital Print Room - A Bespoke Approach to Print Technology
- Submitting institution
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The University of Huddersfield
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 59
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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10.5040/9781474285902.ch-006
- Book title
- Crafting Textiles in the Digital Age
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- ISBN
- 9781472532046
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This research presents the original use of digital print technology as an experimental tool for the designer, where the printer effectively becomes the paintbrush, palette and dye vessel; the creative medium. This research demonstrates a new approach to inkjet printing which enables, rather than hinders, a hands-on creative approach to digital printing, highlighting the possibilities for placement of the design and the potential for manipulated surfaces to be fed through the printer.
As with any paintbrush, the designer has control, but the mix of colour and the fluidity of the paint mark are open to judgement. The real excitement happens when the manipulated surface is unfolded after printing, revealing the artwork created and a possible base for further design and processing. It is an innovative mindset for approaching technology. One that encourages an understanding of both the limitations and the potential, where chance and spontaneity play a role, as the designer is stimulated to make calculated judgements.
Multiple materials, experimental textile surface manipulations and numerous processes were explored and recorded, allowing the designer/researcher (Dr Helen Ryall) to fully understand the capabilities and potential for pushing the printer to its limits. The outcome for this research is an original digitally printed textile design collection. Each design was individually assessed and manipulated to the designer’s vision. The method and approach to using technology is one that should be encouraged for many design technologies. This research highlights the need for craftsmanship and technology, where they can support one another and when blended together, the creation of original design outcomes can be achieved. Ryall was the lead researcher for this book chapter.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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