Taking Studio HILO innovative software and hardware system, and combining it with Holly McQuillan’s innovative research in whole garment weaving - The H||H collaboration explores the potential of developing new systems for woven textile-based form by building form from the fibre level up. Garments made this way are woven formed on the loom, using studio Hilo spin yarn that is engineered specifically for the functional and aesthetic requirements of the design. Once woven they only require cutting and a small amount of stitching - if any at all - for the exciting 3D form to be realised. This approach can revolutionise how we make 3D woven textile-based form, eliminating much of the manual labour currently required and enabling production to be localised closer to consumers.
