Mark Liu create really challenging designs that use every part of the cloth. He carefully design clothes patterns where all the parts fit together perfectly like pieces of a jigsaw. When he cuts out the pieces and assembles them, there isn’t a scrap of material left over. Today in the fashion industry around 15% of each roll of fabric is wasted. Mark's design reinvent the way clothes are made and designed. His concept is simple to understand, but difficult to achieve: zero leftovers equals zero waste.
He explain ‘It took a lot of trial and error to make a zero-waste pattern work. You have to be able to visualise the 2D pattern and the 3D design at the same time, and alter the 2D pieces in your mind to fit them together like a jigsaw puzzle. You’re basically acting as both fashion designer and pattern maker at the same time.’
Here’s a close up so you can see the detail; obviously laser cutting is required for intricacy.
The fabric can be screen print with a custom design to incorporate the cutting design (pattern) of the garment.
Artist, designer and scientist, Helen Storey, has developed an enzyme-based, water-soluble textile which she weaves into garments that dissolve over time. Interested in challenging common notions of sustainability.
Mark Liu create really challenging designs that use every part of the cloth. He carefully design clothes patterns where all the parts fit together perfectly like pieces of a jigsaw. When he cuts out the pieces and assembles them, there isn’t a scrap of material left over. Today in the fashion industry around 15% of each roll of fabric is wasted. Mark's design reinvent the way clothes are made and designed.
He explain ‘It took a lot of trial and error to make a zero-waste pattern work. You have to be able to visualise the 2D pattern and the 3D design at the same time, and alter the 2D pieces in your mind to fit them together like a jigsaw puzzle. You’re basically acting as both fashion designer and pattern maker at the same time.’
