Science Museum Exhibition

Image: SCience Museum

I've been busy working on a new collection of garment pieces for the upcoming exhibition 'Trash Fashion...designing out waste' showing in The Wellcome Wing at The Science Museum London, from June 2010 until February 2011.

The work developed for this exhibition continues a design project which began in 2007.  Funded by a SPARK Award from the Materials KTN, I explored laser technology as a tool for creating recyclable synthetic textiles.  The aim was to keep materials recyclable without sacrificing functionality and aesthetic.  I found that many finishing techniques, which would normally need chemical coatings or adhesives, could be achieved without them.

For this exhibition I have pushed the technology one step further and used the laser not only to decorate the material’s surface but also to cut and weld a garment pattern as part of the same process.  The materials used are 100% recycled polyester (kindly sponsored by Teijin Fibres, Japan) and the finished piece is fully recyclable with their EcoCircle system.

http://www.twi.co.uk/

http://antenna.sciencemuseum.org.uk/trashfashion/

http://www.ecocircle.jp/en/index.html