Thanks to a grand local Pokémon event (or more appropriately - and evidently - a series of events), Pokémon has now breached into fabric territory with adaptations of batik, the fabric of local pride. Still, the area of fabric is a broad and diverse one, even beyond the concerns of the local fabric. As such, there is the consideration that the fabric selections for Pokémon could be expanded in some ways to cater to the fans that might desire and use them for specific purposes.
An easy way of making fabrics is through printing, which pretty much also applies for the Pokémon batik in order to get consistent imagery and results (although batik has other printing methods, one of which is stamping and could conceivably work for other, simple Pokémon designs). A red gingham fabric with added Poké Ball or Pikachu motifs would suit this technique and is likely to have its appeal, along with other patterns that can similarly and conveniently be made in this manner. Here, the possibilities are relatively diverse, in part owing to the simplicity of the method.
Something more complicated would be making woven fabric that would have Pokémon imagery. The possibilities for this one are less diverse, in part because of the technique and its complications, but it could be rather doable for simple motifs like type symbols and even the ubiquitous Poké Ball. For more complicated ones, like a Pikachu silhouette, it might be possible for computers to step in and provide assistance, for example by determining which threads are to be woven where and in what order in order to create the silhouette. The rest is left up to human hands to create.
Out of all the possible manifestations for Pokémon collaborations, fabric might be one of the least expected ones. Yet the local Pokémon event shows that anything is possible, even with the confines of tradition that the local batik fabric has, still being able to manifest two designs featuring Pokémon. Other fabrics are less confined by tradition and are more free and diverse in their designs, and collaborations with Pokémon should be able to be realized in just the same manner.
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