Sunday, January 20, 2013

Inspiration







iris-van-herpen
http://www.irisvanherpen.com/
"...For one design, the ‘pythagoras tree' dress Van Herpen introduced a technique referred to as mammoth stereolithography which refers to a 3D printing method. This 3D printed process is built slice by slice from bottom to top, in a vessel of semi-transparent polymer that hardens when struck by a laser beam."

The very first fashion designer i'm adoring right now, next to Alexander Mcqueen. 
My vocabulary is insufficient to describe this breath taking, riveting collection-and what a startlingly wonderous method of creation!!
Really..words fail me. This blog describes it perfectly: 

Two more pics from her blog:
 <- How this designer managed to create that 'splash' is beyond me. Acrylic? 'Mammoth stereolithography'?

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