4D Embroidery: Implementing Parametric Structures in Textiles for Sculptural Embroidery
4D Embroidery, a method to create sculptural 3D structures from a flat sheet of fabric by parameterizing an open-lace embroidery framework. By adding a fourth dimension to a mesh-like texture in textiles, lace has the potential to exhibit a wide range of transformation behavior for actuation. However, digital embroidery is not widely adopted as a technique central to fabricating 4D structures. This study presents a design exploration of the methodologies for implementing parametric structures in self-assembling textiles. We propose a digital fabrication process via embroidering active and passive material, accompanied by a computational design tool to achieve a target shape-change. We reflect on the design process and present future directions for research.
ISWC2022Poster
Ayesha Nabila, Hua Ma, and Junichi Yamaoka. 2023. 4D Embroidery: Implementing Parametric Structures in Textiles for Sculptural Embroidery. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2022 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2022 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (UbiComp/ISWC ’22 Adjunct). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 88–90. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544793.3560358
