Skip to content Skip to navigation menu 22 August 2007 A Cardiff
University professor is harnessing the latest digital production
technology and the microscopic wonders of nature to explore ways
of producing unique new products. Professor Richard Weston,
Welsh School of Architecture, has launched weston naturally
exclusive to create intensely-patterned pictures and fabrics,
which could ultimately be produced as architectural materials,
hangings or even carpets. He is now sharing his discoveries and
creations at a series of exhibitions beginning at the National
Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire (22 August - 16
September), when the garden’s gallery, in a converted stone
building, will be transformed by silk hangings and prints on
paper. It then moves to the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
(16 November 2007 - 30 March 2008) with a comprehensive range of
digitally manufactured materials, including printed and woven
fabrics, dresses, rugs and tiles. The exhibition will also
describe the formation of min