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Lasso Mae Tecstilau Addurniadol by Cristina Orozco Cuevas

Lasso Mae Tecstilau Addurniadol by Cristina Orozco Cuevas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2014 Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award in Tecstil Competition Category.


EfyddTecstil· 2014

Lasso Mae Tecstilau Addurniadol

by Cristina Orozco Cuevas

Client: Cristina Orozco Cuevas Studio

Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award Winner in Tecstil Category

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The Design

About Lasso Mae Tecstilau Addurniadol

Mae Lasso fel diffiniad yn rhaff hir gyda thrwyn rhedeg ar un pen. Yn lle cael eich ysbrydoli i mewn; mae'r tecstilau hyn yn ganlyniad i. Mae ganddo gyffyrddiad arbennig ac esthetig ar wahân i rai sianelau darniog arbennig fel y gall y golau fynd trwyddo'n feddal iawn. Mae'n hanner diwydiannol - hanner crefftus, wedi'i wehyddu mewn gwyddiau electronig a'i dorri â llaw. Mae'r prosiect hwn yn ddeniadol ac yn gaethiwus iawn fel candy ac mae wedi bod yn un o'r prif heriau a darganfyddiad ar fy ngyrfa fel dylunydd tecstilau. Mae'r prosiect hwn yn ymwneud â serendipia, baglu arno, darganfod siawns, ffawd a damwain.

The Recognition

About the Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award

Mae Lasso Mae Tecstilau Addurniadol yn enillydd Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award, cydnabyddiaeth hynod fawreddog a roddir i ddyluniadau rhagorol sydd yn nodedig am greadigrwydd, dyfeisgarwch a chraffter. Mae enillwyr Efydd yn arteffactau medrus iawn a thrawiadol o greadigol sydd yn dilysu profiad helaeth, dychymyg a dyfeisgarwch eu dylunwyr. Disgwylir i Lasso Mae Tecstilau Addurniadol fod yn wrthrych uchel ei fri, a edmygir ac a anwylir, sydd yn nodedig o broffesiynol ac arloesol. Mae'r dyluniad buddugol hwn o Wobr Efydd A' Design Award yn ymgorffori arferion gorau mewn celf, gwyddoniaeth, dylunio a thechnoleg, ac yn rhagorol am ei sylw i fanylion. Mae Lasso Mae Tecstilau Addurniadol yn bodloni anghenion yn odidog, yn cyffwrdd â dyheadau, yn swyno teimladau ac yn apelio at chwilfrydedd.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
half industrial - half crafted, designed with textile CAD software, woven in jacquard electronic looms and cut by hand. It is woven industrially, but cut by hand which gives job to machines and external people. It forms vertical channels as a kind of fray where the light can pass through very sofltly. The frays are crafted processes and lasts months. A fabric with this kind of processes in the industry mills is nearly impossible but not that much.
Dimensions & Packaging
Widths available: 1.40 m and 2.80 m. Rapport repeat: 35 cm width x 25 cm height. Uses: lamps, pillows, bedscarfs and decorative curtains. As a finish ironing the loose fur brings more volume and the frayed channels are more obvious. It is of massive production and the loose yarns are strongly moored with a tafeta special weave union.
Tags
Jacquard, textile, decoration, fabric, lasso, half indusrtrial, half handmade, fur
Production Technology
All polyester dyed yarns woven in Jacquard electronic looms. The floated yarns are cut manually by a special tool we call knife shutter. The weave technique is very old (double fabric). However the important aspect is how I applied the weaves interlaced in order to be viable to be produced and not just as a prototype as good productivity performance. The special tool developed reminded textile engineers old techniques to make corduroy.
Design Challenge
At the beginning the aim was to develop a fabric with square bags. It would have little bags to put inside tools or jewelry. After weaving and testing different techiques, this came up as a serendipity all of it. There were more than 10 previews designs to get to the final lasso fabric. The weaves interaction result was floats in warp and weft. To cut the yarns in vertical and horizontal, we developed a special tool that works as a long shuttle knife to have a better and faster production. It was an enormous challenge to have it accomplished as a product and to convince the mill that it would work.
Research
The research was completely experimental. Textile engineers were afraid that using this technique on industrial looms could not work, specially the machines weaving. The process of cutting the loose yarns was hard in order to bring a product that because of the hand crafted process would not be so expensive that would not work with the market prices. Besides the lead time to deliver a roll of this product within 3 weeks at least. Since warping process till the client's door. The cut part can be done by external workers so other people get a job.
Inspiration
I named it lasso as a long rope with a running noose at one end. This project can be described as: experimentation. This fabric started with the research of something very different from the result. More than inspiration this project is about having luck, stumbling upon, chance discovery, fortuity and accident. It is a piece of hard work, research, mulish and not withdraw.
Project Duration
The project started in March, 2012 and ended in September, 2012.
Operation Flow
It has a special appearance as it seems as an extra application or embroidery upon the fabric but in fact it is woven like that. People always want to touch first than see the furry yarns. If there is light behind the soft feeling is quite special and light passes through the frayed parts. This kind of textile can replace goose feathers.
Team Members
Cristina Orozco Cuevas

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