Nithikul Nimkulrat (Professor of Textile Design/Head of Department of Textile Design, Estonian Academy of Art, Estonia),
In an era of increasingly available digital resources, many textile designers and makers find themselves at an interesting juncture between traditional craft processes and newer digital technologies. Highly specialized craft/design practitioners may now elect to make use of digital processes in their work, but often choose not to abandon craft skills fundamental to their practice, and aim to balance the complex connection between craft and digital processes. The essays collected here consider this transition from the viewpoint of aesthetic opportunity arising in the textile designer's...
In an era of increasingly available digital resources, many textile designers and makers find themselves at an interesting juncture between traditiona...