Maria Mayer
*1991 Munich | 2010 High School Graduation | 2010-2013 Training as a tailor for men’s costume, State Theater of Bavaria, Munich | 2013 – 2019 B.A of Fine Arts in Textiledesign, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle | 2018 Birth of my daughter Aurora | since 2019 Freelance work
2011 Winner of the bronzemediallie, Avant-garde competition of the Association of Custom Tailors of Bavaria | 2012 Winner of the First Prize, Avant-garde competition of the Association of Custom Tailors of Bavaria | 2011 + 2014 Advanced training for cosetery, Tailoring guild of Bavaria, Munich | 2013 Winner of Third Prize for Best Join Piece of tailoring guild Germany | since 2015 Head of DIY courses for textile printing | 2015 Assistant for Exhibition “Textildesign – From Experiment to Series”, Halle |2016-2018 Student Assistent for research programm “Organic Prints” | 2016 Nominee for Giebichenstein Designprize, Category Most interesting experiment | 2016 Exhibition Giebichenstein Designprize, Halle | 2017 Artist in residenc, France | 2019 Exhibition “Bio – Kunststoff, oder beides?”, Halle | 2019 Work scholarship for research in structures for bioplastic, Fabtextiles Barcelona, Spain | 2020 MaDe Workshop, Milano | 2020 Work scholarship, Art foundation of Saxony Anhalt and Kloster Bergesche Stiftung, Halle.
Material Qualities
Soft / hard: elastic, soft and hard pattern
Shiny / matt: matt skin
Smells: no, (a bit a jasminflower when using blue)
Texture: from twodimensional to threedimensional , haptic soft and pleasant
Others: size can variate from small pieces to endless pattern creations
Material Recipe
40 ml coloured water
1,6 g AgarAgar
0-5,4 ml Glycerin | depends on wished flexibility
MORDANT
Cotton | Silk | Linen |Viskose
15 % weigh of fabrics Aluminium sulfate
DYE BATHS
4 L Water
0.5 g Naturalpigment Jasmin | Cochenille
1.5 g Natural pigment Tumeric
| Alternativ to Agar can be used Gellan, with this ingredient the textiles are washable until almost 90°C
Material Application
- Silk Shirts/dresses/skirts
- Linen/Cotton pants, Coats, Hats, Bags
- Curtains
- Tapestry