Pieces were commissioned by the Taiwan Design Center for the International Craft Design Exhibition on Natural Dyes 2014. More info
Read up about the complicated history of wax resist printing
Unique patterns on wax-resist that normally take themes from our everyday lives, now come in the form of data fed into the machine and interpreted in it’s own particular ‘handwriting’. See more
Following the contemporary stream of participative design and shared knowledge, we focused on offering accessibility in the form of this innovation tool. Hacking an existing XY plotter, we substituted the drawing pen with a home-made electric Tjanting Tool, allowing us to draw any image we create in wax on cotton cloth. Adapting the machine to the process – taking a traditional technique focused on repetition and connecting it to the expected accuracy of digital data for fabrication – we, as designers, re-appropriated the technique and are now able to confront both of these scales. Read more
Digital Wax Print is an innovation tool for experimenting, enriching the wax resist technique and introducing it into contemporary design practice. The Digital Wax Print plotter is a lightweight and disassemblable means of taking production out of the factory and into unexpected locations, thus creating new scenarios and
