rachel harding: 3D lace

'3D lace'
photo by designboom


recently graduating from her masters from the royal college of art, london,
UK-based rachel harding, in collaboration with max klaentschi, explores the aesthetics
of human dysfunction. based on scientific and cultural research, her designs are hybrids
of technological possibility and societal ruin.

her project '3D lace' takes traditional textiles and transforms them into
three-dimensional objects. harding laces, tweeds and damasks are extruded to create
stalagmite structures. each form retains a certain sense of decorative grandeur when
viewed from above, but in profile they become something both beautiful and terrifying.



'3D lace'
photo by designboom



there are six different textiles that can be extruded into 3D forms
image © designboom



example of an extruded form
image © designboom


textile 1

3D Lace from Rachel Harding on Vimeo.

3D Lace from Rachel Harding on Vimeo.

3D lace from Rachel Harding on Vimeo.

3D Lace from Rachel Harding on Vimeo.

3D Lace from Rachel Harding on Vimeo.

3D Lace from Rachel Harding on Vimeo.