3D print & Procedural Modelling

Rooted in her architectural training, Ivy approaches wearable art through systems, structure, and narrative thinking. Her practice integrates generative procedural modelling and scripting as core design tools, allowing form to evolve through digital processes rather than fixed sketches. These computational methods enable organic structures to emerge, shaped by parameters, repetition, and variation, mirroring the growth patterns and biological behaviours found in flowers and natural organisms.

Rather than imitating nature, Ivy studies its logic: how petals unfold, how forms repeat imperfectly, and how systems respond to time, pressure, and environment. Through generative modelling, these behaviours are translated into digital frameworks where forms are allowed to grow, shift, and transform. Each design becomes the result of a process, an outcome of rules and conditions rather than a single, static gesture.

High-resolution 3D printing plays a crucial role in materialising these generative structures. The technology allows complex geometries and fine details to be realised with precision, preserving the nuances of the digital process while introducing material presence. Layer by layer, computational forms are translated into tactile, sculptural works that sit between technology and craft.