Category Archives: 3d textile

We Can Weave You A Donor Organ

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Seth Winner

I recently did a talk at TEDx Nashville about how textiles can be used to save and improve lives. Check it out!

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Lighter Than Air

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Seth Winner

Balloons just don’t get enough serious attention. These textile flying “machines” used to be the state of the art in getting man off the ground for observation, exploration and adventure. Now they’re relegated to afternoon excursions for adventurous vacationers or … Continue reading →

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Extra planar textiles

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Seth Winner

It’s been a while, I know. Its not that I don’t have anything to say on this blog, it’s that I have so much to do. I know, it sounds like excuses, and it is, i know. However, it has … Continue reading →

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Le Laboratoire

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Seth Winner

Le Laboratoire is a playground of ideas where science meets art or art meets science.

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Akiko Ikeuchi

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Seth Winner

Akiko Ikeuchi creates vast delicate geometric volumes out of knotted thread.

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Noiz Architects: Honeycomb!

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Seth Winner

I want to play with this honeycomb furniture/art/textile/construction by Noiz Architects. This was designed and constructed for the lobby of Le Méridien Taipei in Taiwan. It is the corporate mandate of Le Méridien to attract the ‘creative guest’ and this … Continue reading →

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Lanny Bergner

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Seth Winner

My guess is that Lanny Bergner has thick fingertips after all his years of cutting, twisting and bending wire screen. I’ve worked with wire screen and its a bloody affair. So I’m imagining that ‘aha’ moment where he thought “this … Continue reading →

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Lexus 3-D weaving

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Seth Winner

They oversell the technology a bit, it looks like they’re braiding tubes but the implication is they are weaving cars. Maybe they can’t show all of the technology for fear of idea theft, but it looks like they bought a … Continue reading →

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Textile Book Club: Matilda McQuaid

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Seth Winner

Sometimes books change the way you think about your craft. I thought I’d start highlighting some books and exhibition catalogs that reset the way I thought about the potentiality of textiles, or re-opened doors I hadn’t considered for some time. … Continue reading →

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Manuel Rivera

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Seth Winner

Manuel Rivera is an artist that I caught a glimpse of for one hour in a foreign land and was only able to bring back a catalog filled with images accompanied by words in a language I do not speak. … Continue reading →

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