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The human body lies at the centre of our relationship to fashion and textiles.
Crafting Anatomies explores how the body has become a catalyst for archival research, creative dialogues and hybrid fabrications in fashion design. Focusing on how our response to the corporeal has shifted over time, the book looks at how it is currently influencing design and socio-material practices.
With contributions from a multidisciplinary range of scholars and researchers,
Crafting Anatomies examines how new technologies have become integrated with traditional fashion and textiles techniques, bringing together art, science and biomedical approaches. Traversing the cutting-edge of design research, the chapters take us from the forgotten lives of historical garments to the potential of biofabrication to cross the boundaries between skin and textile.
Illustrated with 120 images visualising original research, the book reveals how the human body continues to inspire future design, from historical wearables to prosthetic limbs and 3D-printed footwear. In doing so, it provides an inspiring account of how fashion and textile culture now impacts socio-creativity and the formation of contemporary identity.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Crafting Anatomies -
Katherine Townsend, Rhian Solomon, and Amanda Briggs-Goode
I. The Archived Body edited by Amanda Briggs-Goode2. The Archived Lace Body: Contemporary artist designer responses -
Amanda Briggs-Goode and Gail Baxter3. Disarmed: Lasting impressions -
Jo Cope and Johannes Reponen 4. Dis-Comforting, Pioneering, and Re-Materializing: Crafting understanding of older men's experiences of ageing through their personal archives -
Ania Sadkowska 5. The Electric Corset and Other Future Histories -
Katherine Townsend, Sarah Kettley, and Sarah Walker II. The Body in Dialogue edited by Rhian Solomon6. Fashion and Participation in Hands of X -
Andrew Cook and Graham Pullin 7. Tissue Engineered Textiles: Craft's place in the laboratory -
Amy Congdon, Lucy Di Silvio, and Carole Collet 8. Mind-Body-Garment-Cloth -
Holly McQuillan and Timo Rissanen9. Empowerment and Self-Care: Designing for the female body -
Giulia Tomasello and Teresa Almeida III. The Fabricated Body edited by Katherine Townsend 10. Our Own Skin: The development of 3D printed footwear inspired by human skin -
Manolis Papastavrou, Liz Ciokajlo, and Rhian Solomon 11. Material Robotics: Shaping the sensitive Interface -
Amy Winters12. The Genetics Gym -
Adam Peacock 13. The Body as Factory: A post-productivist fashion practice through film -
Lara TorresDiscussion14. On Fashioning Anatomy -
Joanne Entwistle and Katherine Townsend Index
About the author
Rhian Solomon is a Visual Artist questioning materialities of the human body through socially engaged arts practice. Her work draws parallels between skin and cloth, the body and dress to inspire future design innovation.
Summary
The human body lies at the centre of our relationship to fashion and textiles. Crafting Anatomies explores how the body has become a catalyst for archival research, creative dialogues and hybrid fabrications in fashion design. Focusing on how our response to the corporeal has shifted over time, the book looks at how it is currently influencing design and socio-material practices.
With contributions from a multidisciplinary range of scholars and researchers, Crafting Anatomies examines how new technologies have become integrated with traditional fashion and textiles techniques, bringing together art, science and biomedical approaches. Traversing the cutting-edge of design research, the chapters take us from the forgotten lives of historical garments to the potential of biofabrication to cross the boundaries between skin and textile.
Illustrated with 120 images visualising original research, the book reveals how the human body continues to inspire future design, from historical wearables to prosthetic limbs and 3D-printed footwear. In doing so, it provides an inspiring account of how fashion and textile culture now impacts socio-creativity and the formation of contemporary identity.
Foreword
This book explores how the human body interacts with costume and textiles, acting as a catalyst for research, dialogue, and fabrication.
Additional text
Crafting Anatomies is a welcome addition to the discourse surrounding the relationship between skin, body and fashion. The editors have successfully brought together an interesting variety of different voices in order to form a stimulating and satisfying bridge between the archive and future technologies.
