Clara Davis is a French-American textile designer focused on the research of biomaterials and new technologies in the fashion sector. She has a degree in textile design from the National School of Fine Arts in Lyon (France) and in textile manufacturing and biology applied to fashion from the School of Fabricademy (Spain). Clara worked 3 years in the Fabtextiles department of Fab Lab Barcelona. There, between digital fabrication and electronics, she learned how to use machines such as laser cutter, 3D printer, electronic embroidery machine to develop smart and sustainable textiles. Today, she is teaching innovative technologies and bio design applied to fashion at BAU, a school of design in Barcelona.
SKILLS & TRAINING
Textile Design : patterns, drawing, painting, mapping, screen-printing, sublimation, weaving, knitting, embroidering, sewing
Material Design : bioplastics, biodyes, piezocrystals, activated charcoal
Fashion Tech Design : body scanning, modular systems, seamless, chainmail systems, e-textiles, wearbles, soft robotics
Softwares : Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Fusion 360°, Arduino, Processing
Fab Lab machines : laser cutter, 3d printer, milling machine, 3d scanner, kuka robotic arm
Others : photography, video
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 : - Fab14 (Paris - Toulouse, France) : FabTextiles and Fabricademy exhibitions, biomaterials workshops
- Fabricademy Bootcamp - WeMake (Milan, Italy) : biomaterials, biodyes, Grasshopper, electronics, microbits, soft sensors, soft robotics
- BASF workshop ; "The future of clean garments" (Amsterdam, Netherlands) : circular economy, microfactory, body scanning, parametric design, 3d prints, fashion chemistry, biomaterials, wearables, marketing strategies
2017 : - In(3d)ustry (Fira Barcelona, Spain) : pieces exhibited in the Reshape by Noumena area
- FabTextiles exhibiting - Maker Faire 2017 (Fira Barcelona Montjuïc, Spain) : Presenting a bioplastic accessories collection, a 3d printed top and animating two workshops : folding origami hat and creating jewelry with bioplastic waste
- FabTextiles workshop at the Green Fab Lab - PUIG Company (Barcelona, Spain) : creation of bioplastic perfume bottle packaging
- Fab Textiles, Fab Lab Barcelona, IAAC (Barcelona, Spain) : laser cutting, seamless, 3d printing fabrics, Rhinoceros software, softsensors, biocouture, bioplastics, komboucha (fabric made with bacteria)
2016 : - Eyefix Designs - Printed patterns (London, UK) : vintage archives, moodboards, creation of vintage flower patterns for cloths
- Nathalie Du Pasiquier - Textile Design (Lyon, France) : installation, shapes, pattern for a silk scarf Stargate and an article "Le foulard, un objet a géométries variables" about the work in the Initiales journal
2015 : - Les Ateliers d'Aubusson - Textile Design (Aubusson, France) : creation of weaving patterns for a pillow collection (Verdure) and tapestry
- Malfroy-Million - Printed patterns (Lyon, France) : worked on the winter 16-17 collection of printed scarves
- Perrine Rousseau - Weaving (Paris, France) : worked on several techniques of weaving and learned how to mount a loom
- Elisabeth Roulleau - Embroidery (Lyon, France) : learned techniques and stitching
- Installation workshop at the National School of Architecture of Lyon with Célia Persouyre (Lyon, France) : recycling old models and architectural plans to create Architecture a printed patterns collection for men
- Interior printed patterns workshop with Pierre Bonetto in collaboration with Art Print Studio (Lyon, France) : duvet cover, pillows (Belles de nuit), Wallpapers
QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATION
2018 : Fabricademy Degree : digital bodies, modular systems, biodyes, biomaterials, computational couture, e-textiles & wearables, textile as scaffold, soft robotics, skin electronic
2012 - 2013 : Public preparatory school in Fine Arts – Les ARCADES (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France) : drawing, colors, sculpture, photography, video