Israeli fashion designer Noa Raviv has integrated 3D-printed elements into ruffled garments influenced by distorted digital drawings. Her design work, however, belies her youth and is grabbing the attention of people the world over. Raised in Tel Aviv, her work and her ideas are imbued with a cosmopolitan flavor. Her illustrations are captivating and her fluency with both digital and traditional media gives her an ability to create unique and powerful combinations in sartorial expression. Her most recent project was created for the graduate collection and integrated 3D printed elements, complex flat pattern designs, and the distortion of a grid in order to create a series of garments. These ruffled creations exist somewhere at the intersection of Elizabethan drama, Dale Chihuly’s glass, and the intricacy of a nudibranch. Drawing on inspiration from classical sculpture, in which marble was so skillfully carved as to appear to be flowing fabric, she explores the interaction between the perception of hard and soft, digital and physical. “While working on a 3D software, I was fascinated by the grid shown on the 2D screen and the way black repetitive lines define voluminous objects. I’ve translated those lines into textiles that creates this sort of optical illusion. In some of the garments it is difficult to distinguish between the pattern on the textile and the 3 dimensional form of the gathered fabric, as it lifts off of the garment’s shell. The form of the body itself is also disrupted by way in which the grid pattern sends messages regarding surface form and adds to the tension between the body and the space it occupies. Raviv received the Fini Leitersdorf Excellence Award in recognition of the beauty, creativity, and skill demonstrated in her graduate collection. She is currently a finalist in the running for Fashion Designer of the Year through the 3D Printshow Global Awards, sponsored by Stratasys. For more information or to get in touch with Noa, do not hesitate to visit the link below.
