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Walking, Observing and Making – Rethinking Plastics in Edinburgh

Presentation / Conference
Tao, C. X., Vettese, S., & Anastasiadou, C. (2024, March)
Walking, Observing and Making – Rethinking Plastics in Edinburgh. Paper presented at Eighteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices, Valencia, Spain
Plastic is a widely used material with great longevity, if designed, utilised, and re-used properly. However, the average usable lifespan for single-use plastic products is as...

3D Printing Ocean Plastic – Experiments, Experience and Engagement

Presentation / Conference
Tao, C. X., & Vettese, S. (2022, November)
3D Printing Ocean Plastic – Experiments, Experience and Engagement. Presented at 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing, Paris, France
Background : One severe and urgent environmental problem facing this planet is ocean plastic pollution. As a material with excellent properties recyclability, ocean plastics h...

Souvenir authenticity in the additive manufacturing age

Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2021)
Souvenir authenticity in the additive manufacturing age. Annals of Tourism Research, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103188
The expansion of additive manufacturing or 3D printing as a novel (re)production method disrupts social consumption patterns and challenges existing conceptualisations of tour...

Livingston New Town: Art, History, People

Exhibition / Performance
Vettese, S., & Devison, N. Livingston New Town: Art, History, People. [3D printed objects]. 29 November 2019 - 22 November 2020. (Unpublished)

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Vettese, S., & Devison, N. Livingston New Town: Art, History, People. [3D printed objects]. 29 November 2019 - 22 November 2020. (Unpublished
Livingston New Town: Art, History, People Drawing on a wealth of photographs, illustrations and models, as well as historical artefacts from the museums and the archival coll...

Livi Modern

Exhibition / Performance
Vettese, S., & Devison, N. Livi Modern. [artefacts]. Exhibited at St Andrew's Church, Livingston. 15 June 2019 - 15 June 2019. (Unpublished)

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Vettese, S., & Devison, N. Livi Modern. [artefacts]. Exhibited at St Andrew's Church, Livingston. 15 June 2019 - 15 June 2019. (Unpublished
Livi Modern is a multimedia exhibition by four artists, Nicholas Devison, Dawn McDowell, Simon Montgomery and Sam Vettese, who have created artwork inspired by their shared in...

3D Printed Souvenirs of Livingston New Town

Physical Artefact
Vettese, S. 3D Printed Souvenirs of Livingston New Town. [3D printed plastic and cast concrete]

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Vettese, S. 3D Printed Souvenirs of Livingston New Town. [3D printed plastic and cast concrete]

Reconsidering the forgotten 'shoddy' industry and concepts of authenticity through 3D printed, repurposed selvedge waste.

Journal Article
Vettese, S. (2019)
Reconsidering the forgotten 'shoddy' industry and concepts of authenticity through 3D printed, repurposed selvedge waste. Making Futures, 5,
Sustainability, biodegradability and circularity are important issues in the textile and fashion industry, with very few tangible solutions that have the potential to make an ...

A study of childrens' relationship with making and use of CAD in collaborative, physical and digital environments : implications for learning and open access fabrication

Journal Article
Vettese, S., Allan, D., & Thompson, P. (2018)
A study of childrens' relationship with making and use of CAD in collaborative, physical and digital environments : implications for learning and open access fabrication. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, 23(3), 10-25
In this paper, the researchers will investigate different ways in which school age, 'generation net' children learn, through non-linear, mediated, collaborative ‘making’ envir...

“From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs

Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2019)
“From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs. Tourism Management, 71, 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.10.032
Souvenirs, whether mass-produced commodities made elsewhere or local artisanal handicrafts, are static objects that lack the capacity to mediate or generate the co-creative, a...

Textile applications of commercial photochromic dyes: part 7. A statistical investigation of the influence of photochromic dyes on the mechanical properties of thermoplastic fibres

Journal Article
Younes, B., Ward, S. C., Christie, R. M., & Vettese, S. (2019)
Textile applications of commercial photochromic dyes: part 7. A statistical investigation of the influence of photochromic dyes on the mechanical properties of thermoplastic fibres. Journal of the Textile Institute, 110(5), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405000.2018.1526444
The influence of the concentration of a commercial photochromic dye, incorporated into as-spun and drawn fibres produced from polyethylene and polypropylene, on their mechanic...
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Contributing to a circular economy of clothes– repurposing offcuts into accessories fibre for fashion accessories.

2023 - 2023
Ghillied has an ambition to minimise waste in the fashion industry – both in terms of front-end over production, and back-end waste. This encompasses manufacturing too many products that are likely to...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

Creating a Voluntary Garment Manufacturing Hub using experimental and recycled materials towards Sleeping Jackets which will be distributed free of charge to Homeless individuals.

2023 - 2024
It is proposed that the academics work with their contacts who are a group of ‘volunteers’ working in connection with the Edinburgh Tool Library’s ‘Volunteers Assembly’, to create a series of prototyp...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

Measuring the capabilities of new, sustainable materials in digital and traditional craft practices towards repeatability and a widening of their usage.

2022 - 2022
This project offers a novel way of engaging with data about creative practice: getting data on the possibilities and best practices for using particular materials out of the heads of individual creati...
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £5,000

Development of 3D printing techniques, utilising sustainable polymers towards towards bespoke millinery outcomes

2021 - 2021
To design and innovate hat designs for rapid prototyping using biodegradable material options in 3D printing.
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

Creating a sustainable, desirable solid and soft product utilising used, previously non ‘upcycle-able’ textiles

2019 - 2020
We’re looking to develop a pet bedding design from re-used bedding material (Sheets, Duvets, Mattresses & Pillows). The idea is to make a product that is highly functional in nature and also well desi...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

Utilising 3D printable leather composite materials towards repair, reuse and increased longevity of leather products

2019 - 2019
Leather is used in many luxury and utilitarian goods in our daily life. While many leather products, previously thought of as heirlooms, have become more replaceable and throwaway, many still aspire t...
Funder: The Scottish Institute for Remanufacture | Value: £49,882

My Bonnie Coo

2018 - 2018
The aim of this project is to design and prototype a new, flatpack, low carbon home accessory for the Scottish tourist, domestic and export markets, using an eco-friendly alternative to medium density...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £4,958

Towards sustainable textiles – can fungi be used to produce useful textile materials?

2018 - 2018
The textile industry is based largely on the use of cotton, leather and oil derived polymers and these industries are resource intensive and not sustainable. For example, cotton production requires va...
Funder: Edinburgh Innovations Ltd | Value: £7,500

The Wee Tie Company: Innovation Voucher

2018 - 2018
Development of a working prototype for the "Wee Tie", a new fashion accessory for wearing with open-necked shirts. Our input will be to look at materials and fastening/adjusting mechanisms at the back...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

3 Bags Wool: Product and market development using salvage material

2017 - 2018
Working with small wool shop to use textile industry salvage as the basis for developing new export products.
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £4,993