A lesson on the combined inspiration of the human anatomy and fashion in a dimension which is made contemporary by new technologies. The story of a similar experimentation to that of the 3D printers but of an artisanal nature, with the end result of made-to-measure design using muscle tissue as the trace on which to construct a garment. The garment becomes a new skin since it is modelled on the anatomy of the body.
The tissue is a recycled thread like those used for 3D printers, which develops a unique form around each body. In the new frontier which is transforming craftsmanship into an engineering and research dimension, Jeanne Vicerial reinvents the tool: the loom is evolving. Her research won her the 2019 Sustainable Creation prize. “Creating the main fabric of the 21st century” from a reflection on the body and the skin, Jeanne wishes to “imagine the creation of a casing for the body which can be programmed to measure”. A research project which is proceeding in Rome at Villa Medici, where the anatomical study is concentrated on sculptures and casts in order to analyse musculatures and design fabrics as true organic fibres and cortexes. A new, flexible skin around the stone body it originates from.
After completing her training with Hussein Chalayan, textile and dress designer Jeanne Vicerial, founder of the research and innovation studio Clinique Vestimentaire, develops new principles of textile creation. To create her textiles, she designs weaves like muscle fibres. Jeanne Vicerial has studied various approaches to create a new paradigm, the ready-made-to-measure. For her doctorate at the Arts Décoratifs of Paris (SACRe Ph.D. Candidate EnsAD-PSL research University, Paris) she presented a thesis on the contemporary conception of textiles. Two years later, she developed part of her experimentation in collaboration with the mechatronic lab of the École des Mines of Paris, for the creation of a machine/robot capable of weaving made-to-measure clothes on a semi-industrial scale. Her research won her the 2019 Creazione Sostenibile prize. From a reflection on the body and skin aimed at creating “the main textile of the 21st century”, Jeanne wishes to “imagine the creation of a casing for the body which can be programmed to measure”.
In collaboration with the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici and A.I. artisanal intelligence.