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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...

“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...

1.5cm Unicorn Souvenirs

Physical Artefact
Vettese, S., & Anastasiadou, C. 1.5cm Unicorn Souvenirs. [Physical artefact]. Edinburgh Napier University

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Vettese, S., & Anastasiadou, C. 1.5cm Unicorn Souvenirs. [Physical artefact]. Edinburgh Napier University
This study explored the possibilities and challenges that 3D printing could generate in the production and consumption of tourist souvenirs. The team undertook a study in coll...

3D Printed souvenir of Craigsbank Church

Physical Artefact
Vettese, S., & Vones, K. 3D Printed souvenir of Craigsbank Church. [Physical Artefact]. Edinburgh Napier University

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Vettese, S., & Vones, K. 3D Printed souvenir of Craigsbank Church. [Physical Artefact]. Edinburgh Napier University
The aim of this project is to evaluate how in-situ and interactive musical compositions and digital craft may mediate the understanding, appreciation and value attached to, as...

3D printed St Gabriel’s Chapel musical souvenir with interchangeable components

Physical Artefact
Vettese, S., Vones, K., Allan, D., & Burton, K. (2018)
3D printed St Gabriel’s Chapel musical souvenir with interchangeable components
The research group have created a musical, 3D printed souvenir with interchangeable components so that the owner can create their own, personalised version of the musical expe...

Customisable 3D printed model of Robin Hood Gardens

Physical Artefact
Vettese, S., & Vones, K. Customisable 3D printed model of Robin Hood Gardens. [Physical Artefact]. Edinburgh Napier University

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Vettese, S., & Vones, K. Customisable 3D printed model of Robin Hood Gardens. [Physical Artefact]. Edinburgh Napier University
This research proposed to utilise the processes and experiences of designing and making 3D printed 'souvenirs of place', with regards to Modern 'overlooked' heritage. The publ...

3D printed building sections and joining pieces, inspired by the architecture of Basil Spence

Physical Artefact
Vettese, S., & Vones, K. 3D printed building sections and joining pieces, inspired by the architecture of Basil Spence. [Physical Artefact]. Edinburgh Napier University

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Vettese, S., & Vones, K. 3D printed building sections and joining pieces, inspired by the architecture of Basil Spence. [Physical Artefact]. Edinburgh Napier University
A series of one-day workshop events were staged to engage the public with the architecture of Basil Spence, firstly at Edinburgh Napier University’s Maker Space and then withi...

3D-printing ‘Ocean plastic’–Fostering childrens’ engagement with sustainability

Journal Article
Vones, K., Allan, D., Lambert, I., & Vettese, S. (2018)
3D-printing ‘Ocean plastic’–Fostering childrens’ engagement with sustainability. Materials Today Communications, 16, 56-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2018.04.001
Ocean plastic pollution has been identified as one of the biggest environmental threats of our time. As large islands of plastic waste such as the Pacific Gyre amass through t...

3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry

Journal Article
Vettese Forster, S. (2017)
3D Printable Recycled Textiles: Material Innovation and a Resurrection of the Forgotten “shoddy” Industry. Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, 5(2), 138-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2018.1449073
This paper will disseminate an interdisciplinary project, undertaken at Edinburgh Napier University between the Design and Advanced Materials. Several 3D printable materials a...

3D printable fillament utilising waste Scottish textiles and leather f

Physical Artefact
Vettese, S., & hindle, C. 3D printable fillament utilising waste Scottish textiles and leather f

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Vettese, S., & hindle, C. 3D printable fillament utilising waste Scottish textiles and leather f
The project team (including Colin Hindle from Advanced Materials and Research Assistant Ari Loughlin) created a prototype 3D printable filament utilising waste textiles (selve...
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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

New Processes for Tranforming Unexploited Textiles into High Value Products

2016 - 2017
This project proposes utilising high quality Scottish ‘unused’ textiles, including pieces of yarn and fabric that are too small to be used in apparel or upholstery production, in a ‘powdered’ form. Th...
Funder: Heriot Watt University | Value: £43,936

Enhancing the authenticity and sustainability of the visitor heritage experiences through 3D printing technology

2014 - 2015
This project proposes to offer an alternative approach to the contemporary heritage souvenir experience through the utilization of 3D scanning and printing and online, remote interfaces between the mu...
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £33,250