[HN Gopher] ThreadPlotter - toolkit for punch needle embroidery ...
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ThreadPlotter - toolkit for punch needle embroidery with X-Y
plotters (2020)
Author : matthberg
Score : 28 points
Date : 2024-08-16 21:35 UTC (1 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| dsp_person wrote:
| Woah, I may end up trying this on my axidraw v3/a3. I like that
| the supply list is pretty minimal.
| matthberg wrote:
| You should check out the rest of the Licia He's work too. She's
| doing really cool stuff with watercolors and plotters, with a
| free course on it actively in the works. Unfortunately her site
| went down some time recently, yet archive.org has it here:
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| Course:
| https://web.archive.org/web/20240525172327/https://www.eyeso...
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| Course GH: https://github.com/LiciaHe/painting_with_plotters
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| Portfolio:
| https://web.archive.org/web/20240415055736/https://www.eyeso...
| jasonjayr wrote:
| ... there's no lock stitch underneath the fabric? if you pull on
| 1 thread the whole thing comes apart?
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| I have a Husqvarana Designer Jade 35 Embroidery sewing machine,
| and the embroidery arm is just that: an x-y plotter/positioner
| that the computer can synchronize with the timing of the needle
| stitch.
| matthberg wrote:
| Yep, seems to be a drawback of the punch needle embroidery
| technique, though, not just this specific automation of it.
| From a light skimming of a couple of articles even hand-done
| work in this style lacks a lock stitch and relies on the
| friction of the fabric and tightly packed loops.
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| Though that could make for an interesting ephemeral art piece,
| particularly paired with generated/algorithmic designs--a
| plotter that embroiders a piece and then unwinds it once
| finished, repeating in a loop and accumulating wear and knots
| and flaws.
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