Made by Machines

摘要

The opening image for "Made in the USA" (page 104) is a real quilt—almost. "We wanted to have one custom-created by a robotic quilter," says senior art director Margaret Swart. "But for that, we were told, the lead time was a matter of months, not days." Instead, she asked artist Matt W. Moore to do a digital illustration. Next we snared access to a local art school's high-end Epson 9880 printer. We fed a 40-inch-wide roll of special-ordered broadcloth into the paper feed and hit the Print button to get the image above.