Sheri DigiFab Thesis Collection Look 1

This is the first look in my digital fabrication thesis collection. The collection aims to transform the shell of creatures to clothes/second skin of human beings. I study the morphology of the nature creatures and mimic the pattern, shapes and transparence by using parametric techniques to create iteration. Considering clothes as the second skin as Foraminifera producing a shell by itself, I achieve the surfacing of growing and deteriorating on the garments. A metamorphosing starts to transform human beings through the reinvented nature. CNC milling, molding/casting process, and 3D printing are the fabrication tools for this dress. I choose the non-toxic and skin-applicable silicon for material. The distinguished for the dress is not 3D printed textile but flexible casting, which has great potential to drape around human body and combine with garment-making process.
(Photos by Sophie Cécile Xu Photographs)