Lasso E Ji Achọ Akwa by Cristina Orozco Cuevas

Lasso E Ji Achọ Akwa by Cristina Orozco Cuevas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2014 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Akwa, Ụdị Akwa, Ụdị Elu, Ụkpụrụ na Akwa Uwe Competition Category.

BronzAkwa· 2014

Lasso E Ji Achọ Akwa

by Cristina Orozco Cuevas

Client: Cristina Orozco Cuevas Studio

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Akwa Category

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The Design

About Lasso E Ji Achọ Akwa

Lasso dị ka nkọwa bụ ụdọ dị ogologo nke nwere noose na-agba ọsọ n'otu njedebe. Kama ịbụ onye mmụọ nsọ n’ime; nke a akwa bụ n'ihi nke. O nwere mmetụ ahụ pụrụ iche na ihe ịchọ mma na-abụghị ụfọdụ ọwa ndị gbajiri agbaji ka ìhè ahụ nwere ike ịgafe nke nwayọ. Ọ bụ ọkara ụlọ ọrụ aka - ọkara debere ihe, nke a na-etinye na kọmpụta elektrọnik ma jiri aka na-egbutu ya. Ihe oru ngo a mara mma nke ukwuu ma na-eri ya dika swiiti ma aburula otu n’ime nsogbu na nchoputa m n’oru m dika onye na-ese akwa. Ihe oru ngo a bụ ihe gbasara serendipia, ịsụ ngọngọ, nchọta ohere, ngwangwa na ihe ọghọm.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Lasso E Ji Achọ Akwa meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Lasso E Ji Achọ Akwa ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Lasso E Ji Achọ Akwa na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

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