The DXARTS SoftLab is a studio and an online platform whose mission is to examine the role of workmanship in artistic research, to redefine the use of crafting in the post-digital era, and to explore the body as an interface of control and resistance. It is part of the Department of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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Developing new workflows for CNC machines often requires writing code to translate different representations of data into a format understood by the machine. How might we do this in the embroidery machine ecosystem, where file formats and machine software are generally proprietary and closed-source?
There are several reasons why CNC milling remains a tricky fabrication method. One of them is a fundamental design assumption at the core of CNC machines and CAM softwares: that the user seeks to realize a design that has been developed on the drawing table, not in the interaction with the machines. The machine only executes the design, the plan.
