New textile materials fermented by yeast
Fashion students at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia are taking a completely new approach to making clothing materials, a sustainable material, and recently presented their research to the media. This is a fermentation process similar to brewing beer or making yeast dough. The yeast medium is cultured in a petri dish to form a curd-like substance that forms a new clothing material. In a laboratory at the Queensland State Library, QUT students experiment with coffee, tea, red wine and syrup. Dean Brough, a lecturer at his own fashion studio, said the production process was both stylish and forward-looking. He says:“The process was scary and a little disgusting. The yeast medium is wet and sticky and can be pungent in taste, but when the material is made into clothing, it can be very exciting.”Whether it is tea, coffee, red wine or syrup, it can be used as a yeast culture medium.“food”, and each different“food”The resulting materials all have different characteristics. According to Braff, the fermented clothing material has a texture close to that of skin, and after a week of drying, the moisture is evaporated and the material itself becomes thinner. Still, the students put it in the washing machine“ravaged”It was still intact, proving that this material is a very strong fibrous product. Alice Payne, a lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, said students experimented with new materials, such as spraying yeast media in colour, or dyeing the medium. Braff said that the smell emitted during this process is very similar to the taste of beer fermentation, although the taste is not good, but the final result is like drinking after drinking, and the final product has no peculiar smell. According to Braff, the traditional clothing industry wastes 20% to 39% of the fiber in the process of making clothing from fiber materials. A student of Lost Ownership Technology at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, said she was fascinated by the job of such a living clothing material. By the end of October, the school will be exhibiting garments made from the material at The Edge.
1. ISO 5402-1: Specifies the flexometer method for testing leather flex resistance under repeated bending.
2. ISO 17694: Defines test methods for footwear upper and lining flex resistance, simulating real-world bending stress to assess long-term durability.
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