Introduction: Lasair Servilla

Hello, my name is Lasair. This will be my 6th year here at UNM as an undergrad because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do until I stumbled into computer science. I will be graduating this December with both a BS in computer science and a BA in Philosophy. I can’t say that I had previously heard of this class, however the title/description definitely caught my attention. I’ve always loved creating and designing and this class sounded like the perfect way to incorporate that in CS. I am very much looking forward to what this semester brings.

The project I chose is the spire dress created by Alexis Walsh. Walsh is a designer and artist that uses 3D printing incorporated with traditional methods of hand crafted fashion. The spire dress was created using a parametric design process to come up with the over 300 pieces that were then printed and put together by hand. See https://www.alexiswalsh.com for more images of the project and Walsh’s bio. Fashion has always intrigued me as a form of wearable art. From draping fabrics to bead work the craftsmanship that goes into these wearable pieces is incredible. I even created my own prom dress in high school just playing around with draping the fabric on a mannequin. It is for these reasons that I gravitated to a project in fashion. This project in general caught my eye because of the mix of delicacy and complexity .