Conscious Crystals
Abigail Eva Goodwin
︎ abigailevagoodwin_textiles
︎ abigailevagoodwin.wixsite.com/abigail-eva-textiles
︎ London, UK
Abigail Eva Goodwin
︎ abigailevagoodwin_textiles
︎ abigailevagoodwin.wixsite.com/abigail-eva-textiles
︎ London, UK
'Conscious Crystals' explores creating closed loop, compostable fabrics for the music festival wear market. Experimentation with growing and hand embroidering monoammonium phosphate crystals onto silk, which not only adorn the fabrics with luxury and mimic the glitter of sequins, but slowly fall off with dancing and movement, providing the festival fields with nutrients to restore healthy soil growth. This benefits the environment in which they are worn, promoting a restorative solution to the impact of human behaviour on the soil. Low impact print processes, circularity and minimising waste has been addressed in the design and production processes; household food waste has been used to create natural dyes and print pastes. These prints are revealed with time as the crystals slowly fall off. The fabrics can be added to the compost heap at the end of their life, leaving no negative trace on the environment.
Micro.colours
Abigail Eva Goodwin
︎ abigailevagoodwin_textiles
︎ abigailevagoodwin.wixsite.com/micro-colours
︎ London, UK
Abigail Eva Goodwin
︎ abigailevagoodwin_textiles
︎ abigailevagoodwin.wixsite.com/micro-colours
︎ London, UK
Project 'Micro.colours' investigates the potential of using pigmented microorganisms to create sustainable dyes for textiles. In collaboration with TU Berlin Institut für Biotechnologie, colour-fast fabric dyes and pigments have been developed, which need very little water, low temperatures and no chemicals in the process of making them.
Design techniques such as origami, shibori, monoprinting, and painting were experimented onto fabric surfaces using the microorganisms R.rubra, L.casei and M.luteus. They produce salmon pink, turquoise blue and bright yellow pigments. Using natural mono fibres, the fabrics can be upcycled and recycled to extend their lifespan, and composted at the product’s end of life.
1 litre of water can dye 4.6m² of fabric, and no chemicals, mordants or textile treatments are used within our process. Microbial dyes are a possible solution to the detrimental environmental impact of the current textile dyeing industry.
Design techniques such as origami, shibori, monoprinting, and painting were experimented onto fabric surfaces using the microorganisms R.rubra, L.casei and M.luteus. They produce salmon pink, turquoise blue and bright yellow pigments. Using natural mono fibres, the fabrics can be upcycled and recycled to extend their lifespan, and composted at the product’s end of life.
1 litre of water can dye 4.6m² of fabric, and no chemicals, mordants or textile treatments are used within our process. Microbial dyes are a possible solution to the detrimental environmental impact of the current textile dyeing industry.
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