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Open weave Material
Straight Shift is an unstructured open weave pattern made of vertical and horizontal lines that come together to create subtle movement, offering designers a simple, textured visual that complements a variety of spaces.She was surprised to find how SAND RIVER technologies had transformed old-fashioned warm, thick cashmere products using open weave designs with lace, embroidery…
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African materials for Sale
Batik is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a canting (IPA: [ʈ͡ʂantiŋ], also spelled tjanting), or by printing the resist with a copper stamp called a cap (IPA: [ʈ͡ʂap], also spelled tjap). The applied wax resists dyes and therefore…
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Textile materials for Sale
Peek Cloppenburg Flagship Store, Vienna, Austria The new Peek Cloppenburg flagship store will be located on Kärtner Strasse, between Johannesgasse and Himmelpfortgasse, in Vienna’s historic centre, a district protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The starting point for the design was the idea of a “building with windows” – a modern, abstract interpretation of a classical…
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Seer Sucker Material
Seersucker suits don’t get a lot of love these days. The Republican National Committee’s “Comms College” — a training course for the GOP’s young communication staffers — recently instructed its students not to wear seersucker suits on television. (Whether this is due to the suit’s old fashioned reputation, or simply the fact that seersucker can look wavy on camera, was not…
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Floral Material
Held its 8th annual Tulip Exhibit this past weekend, and I was thrilled to be a part of it again this year. Local floral designers, garden clubs and floristry schools came together to transform the small Cemetery chapel into a mecca for tulip lovers. I love using branches since they allow for an organic look to the design. Here, curly willow branches provided the main structure…
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Materials for Textiles
We tend to take textiles for granted because they are so pervasive in our lives. From clothing to interiors, to industrial and medical applications, textiles are fundamental to design. Textile media have also resulted in remarkable works of art. We will look at: Fibers and Yarns Structural Design of Textiles Surface Design of Textiles Bast: Fiber from plant stems, such as flax…
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Acrylic clothing Material
When washed in hot water, garments made of wool and cotton tend to shrink. But acrylic doesn’t respond to washing and drying temperatures the same way that natural fibers do. Instead of shrinking, the synthetic material actually stretches when facing high temperatures. Rather than trying to shrink an acrylic sweater, you may be better off exchanging it at the store for a smaller…
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Cloth Material for Sale
This new material works by allowing the body to discharge heat in two ways that would make the wearer feel nearly 4 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than if they wore cotton clothing. The material cools by letting perspiration evaporate through the material, something ordinary fabrics already do. But the Stanford material provides a second, revolutionary cooling mechanism: allowing…
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Dye for materials
Ruthenium Dyes In dye-sensitized solar cells, the dye is one of the key components for high power conversion efficiencies. In recent years, considerable developments have been made in the engineering of novel dye structures in order to enhance the performance of the system. In particular, amphiphilic homologues of the pioneering ruthenium based N-3 dye have been developed…
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Boucle Material
The classic boucle (boo-clay) jacket was popularized by the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel decades ago, and the look is still on-trend today. Though the term has become synonymous with the elegance of a classic wool jacket, boucle actually refers to material made with boucle yarn and not a specific type of garment as some people think. Boucle yarn contains loops…
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Oriental Material
More than 3, serials from the above countries. Although the strength of the collection is in science, technology and medicine, the titles held cover a much wider range of subjects and interests such as business, finance, law and humanities. Most new serial titles are selected in response to demand; hence requests are constantly monitored to ensure that the collection is up-to-date…
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