“wave2weave: A Procedural Weave Data Generation” by Hayama and Uchibe
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- wave2weave: A Procedural Weave Data Generation
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- Craft and Creativity
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This paper introduces wave2weave, a novel data generation system for Jacquard weaving, and presents a project to create textile artworks with this system. wave2weave procedurally produces weave data through matrix computation, enabling fabrics with complex shaded patterns and a triple-layer structure. The underlying pattern generator adapts network drafting, a handweaving method that creates weave patterns using waveform design. Applying it to Jacquard weaving enables high-resolution waveform designs that are difficult to achieve with hand weaving. Furthermore, executing the matrix computations on a GPU enables efficient and rapid processing of the weaving data. The artistic contribution of their work is associated with a creative coding approach based on noise functions and Nishijin textile techniques. While noise functions are commonly used for procedural texturing in computer graphics, the creative coding community has developed them as a creative medium. Through wave2weave, textile design is reduced to the manipulation of noise functions, generating both the pattern and structure. The authors collaborated with a Nishijin textile company to produce an art piece. Nishijin textiles are traditional Japanese textiles whose defining feature lies in their distinctive use of materials. Rich textile textures that highlight the unique properties of these materials have traditionally been used in luxury woven fabrics. The authors extend a Nishijin double-weave technique to a triple-weave structure using wave2weave, incorporating computational aesthetics. Therefore, they present a new possibility for textile art that emerges from the fusion of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary computational techniques.
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