VAGALUME TISSUE

IN COLLABORATION WITH MATERFAD

PROJECT HISTORY

The idea of making a technological fabric was born when I attended the first Science + Craftsmanship meeting organized by Fundesarte and the Eoi a few years ago. There I listened to Javier Peña from Materfad explain all the advances that were taking place in the textile world and I could glimpse in his presentation new materials.

In December 2015 I attended a conference also organized by Fundesarte at Materfad, in this case it was a Prospective Workshop called "New Materials, new technology for a new craftsmanship". At that time I met Javier Peña, director of Materfad and other professionals who work with him, what is a tegnological Center as Leitat specialized in textile and also we had a morning in the Materials Library where I could discover a lot of new possibilities for my textile work.

DEVELOPMENT

After several conversations and showing me other products that already existed in the market, Javier told me that it would have to be something different from what already existed in the market and that it was patented to be attractive. He put me in contact with a fiber optic company that provided me with the material in exchange for developing the project for them and with them.

The Patent and Trademark Office has registered all the samples as a new Industrial Fabric Design and it will be published in the Spanish Official Gazette on September 25.

THE FABRIC

This fabric is made of silver colored linen-rayon, this color was chosen because of the similarity to the plastic tube that covers the optical fiber so that it is woven into it and at the same time it produces a very interesting reflection of light when it is turned on.

The weave used is repaso Vello, a traditional weave in Galicia, which produces a very interesting effect of light and shadow on the fabric in terms of texture.

Depending on the light source and flow rate, the fabric lights up more or less and can be folded, wetted, washed, folded, joined...

It has infinite possibilities for many sectors such as product design, furniture, architecture, security, lighting, etc.

"WHAT'S NEXT?" MATERFAD EXHIBITION at the DISENNY HUBB in BARCELONA.