3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry
- Submitting institution
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Edinburgh Napier University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 1272533
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1080/20511787.2018.1449073
- Title of journal
- Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice
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- First page
- 138-156
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 2051-1787
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2018
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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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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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper disseminates an interdisciplinary project, undertaken by the author and Advanced Materials. Several 3D printable materials are commercially available that use recycled material, but none that incorporate textiles. This project was funded by the Textiles Future Forum in collaboration with four Scottish textile companies who provided ‘waste’ textiles The paper outlines the historical context of the project, particularly the advent of ‘shoddy’, how these historical processes have common characteristics with the procedures used in this project, a brief outline of how the 3D printable materials were created and an evaluation of the embodiment of the narrative of Scottish tradition and ‘authenticity’ in the materials. The journal publishes interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches and the role of collaboration; relationships between traditional and contemporary practices; the application of new and traditional technologies and materials from both technical and aesthetic perspectives; sustainable textile practices, interfaces between research and industry; new research methods in the field with illustrative case studies; and the textile design process including the significance of craft. The paper has had 309 views since 2018. This research creates new knowledge firstly in the creation of the material itself and secondly in its methodology which combines a broad literature review into the nature of authenticity alongside material science, explained in a narrative rather than reporting style. This research has resulted in an impactful strategy for innovation with one of the textile companies involved in this project who wish to go into manufacturing the material. The combination of abundantly available waste materials in composite with biodegradable plastic has wide scope for societal wellbeing. The research sought to find out if a material could be created combining these waste textile materials with biodegradable plastic but also whether the research could develop by approaching the contextualization from a more historical, philosophical standpoint.
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- Non-English
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