Combining 3D Printing with Weaving

Amsterdam-based Joram de Haas calls himself an industrial and computational designer. His FilaLoom project, done as his Master’s thesis in Integrated Product Design at TU Delft, combines 3D printing with textile weaving. He’s rigged up a 3D printer that can do both FDM and lay yarn between the printed elements. FilaLoom gives a new capability to FDM-printers, embedding yarns directly onto printed objects, allowing us to explore a novel design space at the intersection of additive manufacturing and textile making.De Haas has now gained his degree and is looking for a gig. Additionally, this month he and TU Delft staff published a paper on the FilaLoom project here.