CLO PROJECT_03
RESEARCH IN PROGRESSEXPLORING UNCONVENTIONAL FORMS THROUGH CLO3D TOOLS
INDEPENDENT STUDY / 2026
Exploring Unconventional Forms
CLO3D OFF-AVATAR TOOLS / DIGITAL PROTOTYPING / PATTERN DEVELOPMENT / DIGITAL → PHYSICAL
An independent study using CLO3D's off-avatar tools to build unconventional forms, then translating the digital prototypes toward physical ones and documenting what changes.
RESEARCH QUESTION
What happens to a form built off the avatar in CLO3D when it is translated into a physical prototype?
THE STUDY
An independent study investigating CLO3D's off-avatar tools as a way to build forms that do not start from a body block, and using CLO as a fast 3D prototyping space for them.
The second half of the study moves the digital prototypes toward physical ones and records what shifts in that translation. Everything on this page is working documentation, not a final result.
FORM 01 — SCULPTURAL SLEEVE
DIGITAL PROTOTYPEA fitted bodysuit base with oversized, angular sleeves built off the avatar.
01 OFF-AVATAR 3D PEN
Construction lines and points placed around the shoulder and upper arm to define the sleeve volume.
02 FLATTENED
03 RENDERS
04 2D PATTERNS
FORM 02 — WINGED SHOULDER + FLARED HIP
DIGITAL PROTOTYPEFlared, layered forms standing away from the shoulders and hips.
01 OFF-AVATAR 3D PEN
Looping curves drawn out from the shoulder, and lines projected from the hip, to set where the forms leave the body.
02 FLATTENED
03 RENDERS
04 2D PATTERNS
DIGITAL → PHYSICAL
The next stage takes these patterns off the screen. Physical tests will be documented here as they are made, alongside the digital prototype they came from.
DIGITAL PROTOTYPE
PHYSICAL TEST
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS
OBSERVATIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED AS THE PHYSICAL TESTS ARE COMPLETED.
NEXT STEPS
- Translate the digital prototypes into physical prototypes.
- Document what changes between the CLO form and the physical form.
- Revise the patterns in response, and repeat.
