Arachne — Catalogue Computational Textile Design
A study in generative rings

Arachne

A rotating-tile system — concentric rings of colour and motion, algorithmically drawn, seed-documented, and ready for textile production.

For fashion houses, textile studios and surface designers. Each composition is generated from a single numeric seed and can be licensed, adapted or commissioned to your brief.

Issue Arachne — Autumn 2026
Discipline Computational Textile
Edition Seed-based · Open series
00 / Statement Artist Statement

A spider spins without a plan — yet every web is structurally perfect.

I am an Iranian-born artist working at the intersection of classical textile logic and generative systems. My work begins with a simple observation: the woven surface — repetitive, mathematically structured, infinitely variable — has always been a form of computation, long before computers.

Arachne is named for the weaver of Greek myth, the mortal who rivalled a goddess and was transformed into a spider. Her punishment became her gift: the ability to weave forever. This series translates that myth into code.

Each composition is built from concentric rings — bands of rotating tiles layered at different speeds. Where they intersect, a moiré interference emerges: neither fully planned nor fully random, but emergent. Each piece is defined by a numeric seed and can be regenerated, documented, and adapted for textile, print, and surface applications.

On AI tools — where I encountered technical obstacles, I turned to AI tools for debugging and code optimization. Every structural, aesthetic, and conceptual decision remained my own.
01 / Plate

Woven,
not just drawn.

02 / Surfaces

One composition.
Many surfaces.

The same seed, presented as an archival print — and applied across fabric, scarf, textile and wall surfaces without loss of structure.

Plate 001 Archival print · 1 : 1 · Open edition

Applied across surfaces.

Every surface below is drawn from the same numeric seed — its repeat, orientation and scale adapted to the material, while the underlying structural logic remains identical.

i Print
Archival print
1 : 1 · Cotton rag
ii Scarf
Silk scarf
3 : 1 · Twill silk
iii Textile
Fabric yardage
4 : 3 · Repeat tile
iv Wall
Wallpaper
2 : 3 · Vertical repeat
03 / Process

Structure
behind the weave.

01 / Seed

Variation

A numeric seed initializes ring count, tile colours, and rotation speeds. Each composition is regenerated and documented as a distinct, traceable output.

02 / Rotation

Geometry

Concentric bands of rotating tiles, layered at differing speeds, produce a moiré interference — a visual vocabulary drawn from textile rather than drawing.

03 / Surface

Application

The resulting composition becomes a surface-design asset — explored across garments, textile prints, wallpaper and other pattern-driven applications.

04 / Archive

Selected
seeds.

8 compositions · Open series Click any plate to load it above
For brands & studios

One system.
Many surfaces.

Arachne is a generative design system rather than a single artwork. Its ring-based visual language can be adapted for fashion, textile development and other surface-oriented contexts — while maintaining a computational origin.

i
Licensing Existing seeds from the archive, licensed for production use.
ii
Commission New compositions designed to your palette, repeat and product.
iii
Systems A private generative tool built for your studio's ongoing use.
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