Capturing Nature Through Generative Art a textile collection
Capturing Nature Through Generative Art a textile collection Design by Chelsea Asermely
This project was designed as a senior capstone project in the fall of two thousand thirteen by Chelsea Asermely. Sublime text 2 and hype framework were used in junction with illustrator to create the patterns, which were then printed on an inkjet with canvas paper cloth. This digital look book was created in junction with a physical look book that includes the actual fabric swatches.
Capturing Nature Through Generative Art a textile collection Designed by Chelsea Asermely
When I discovered generative art, I knew I wanted to explore how such mathematically coded actions of vector graphics could actually produce organic patterns that incorporate light, shadows, repetition and beautiful inconsistencies that are found in nature. Always having been inspired and influenced by the woods and water I grew up by, an urge to create a collection of fabrics with an organic feel that reflected these inspirations was strong. By utilizing generative art, I hoped to create such patterns on a grid that could lend themselves well to being repeated for machine production.
What is generative art? By using the processing program, sublime text 2, to write code that can paint vector assets to screen and incorporating hype framework, a program that can organize this code into grids and repeat the assets ten fold, art can be generated quickly and allow for an organized chaos.
Generative Art // 01
Taking inspiration from lights reflection on water, gem uses various hexagonal assets placed on a grid system. When random rotation is added, the effect is very organic and rhythmic and captures the depth and pattern seen when light bounces off the waters surface.
100% cotton, screen printed with a 8� repeat. Available by the yard in lavender, aqua or seafoam.
Gem // 03
Desiring an organic pattern while working on a grid, multiple assets of leaves and flower petals were utilized and heavily overlapped to create organized chaos. The density of the pattern comes from the feeling of the forest in full bloom in high summer, with thick heat and light filtered through the canopy.
100% cotton, screen printed with a 12� repeat. Available by the yard in plum, sunset and citrus.
Lush // 05
Influenced by the veins in leaves and wings, patterns with negative space were overlaid on dragonfly wings. This asset was then layered and set to various transparencies to evoke the delicate nature of the inspiration. The multilayered approach distances the final piece from the original familiar shape and arrives at an indiscernible and intricate pattern.
100% cotton, screen printed with a 10� repeat. Available by the yard in berry, mist or dew.
Bliss // 07