Jellyfish
Woven Textile
1993 (made)
1993 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The NUNO Corporation was founded in 1984. Based in Tokyo, its design studio creates modern textiles and accessories. NUNO designers are renowned for their ability to develop and apply the latest technology to textile design and manufacture. However, much of their work is also based on traditional Japanese textile techniques and aesthetics, and it is this fusion of the traditional with the contemporary that makes NUNO fabrics so innovative. To create this textile, an industrial vinyl polychloride fabric with a preset 50% heat-shrinkage ratio is layered onto a polyester organdie, but only partially affixed, using a special adhesive screen-printed in a checkerboard pattern. The fabric is then subjected to a flash heat treatment which causes the polyester organdie to shrivel where adhered. As the fabric is themoplastic, it retains these crinkles even after the vinyl polchloride is peeled away. The vinyl polychloride fabic was original developed for use in the motor industry to make car set covers.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Jellyfish (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Heat treated vinyl polychloride polyester |
| Brief description | Length of polyester fabric 'Jellyfish', designed by Reiko Sudo, made by NUNO Corporation, Japan, 1993. |
| Physical description | Length of brown polyester fabric with a textured crinkled effect. Heat treated vinyl polychloride. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 9-159 |
| Credit line | Given by NUNO Corporation. |
| Object history | Historical significance: The Nuno design studio based in Tokyo creates modern textiles and accessories. They are renowned for their ability to develop and apply the latest technology to textile design and manufacture. However, much of their work is also based on traditional Japanese textile techniques and aesthetics. |
| Production | Attribution note: The NUNO corporation was founded to meet the middle ground between industry and handicraft- as a medium output production which is scaled to the contemporary market but still flexible enough to allow experimentation. Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | The NUNO Corporation was founded in 1984. Based in Tokyo, its design studio creates modern textiles and accessories. NUNO designers are renowned for their ability to develop and apply the latest technology to textile design and manufacture. However, much of their work is also based on traditional Japanese textile techniques and aesthetics, and it is this fusion of the traditional with the contemporary that makes NUNO fabrics so innovative. To create this textile, an industrial vinyl polychloride fabric with a preset 50% heat-shrinkage ratio is layered onto a polyester organdie, but only partially affixed, using a special adhesive screen-printed in a checkerboard pattern. The fabric is then subjected to a flash heat treatment which causes the polyester organdie to shrivel where adhered. As the fabric is themoplastic, it retains these crinkles even after the vinyl polchloride is peeled away. The vinyl polychloride fabic was original developed for use in the motor industry to make car set covers. |
| Bibliographic reference | Suke suke. Nuno Nuno books, NUNO Corporation, 1997. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.122-1998 |
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| Record created | April 27, 2000 |
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