Miranda Marquez and her original vision of 3D printed clothing

The use of additive manufacturing in fashion is becoming increasingly popular. Many are the projects that use this technology to design unique pieces, from footwear to entire collections. In the world of fashion and design, 3D printing technology offers a great deal of artistic freedom that allows the creation of the most original and personalized pieces. One example of this is a successful model and multimedia artist Miranda Marquez. She has collaborated with several CGI digital artists and has been exploring the potential of the 3D printing technologies. We discussed with Miranda to find out more about her projects and how the 3D printed fashion is related to the current health crisis.

3DN: Could you introduce yourself and tell us why you decided to start using the 3D printing technology? What additive manufacturing method do you use?

Miranda Marquez

Hi, I’m Miranda Marquez, and among other things, I make additively manufactured clothes. I had a very technical but at the same time creative education – I studied Multimedia Engineering. In my last year, I started my international career as a model, but always found some time to dedicate to my own artistic projects, which are always focused on exploring new means of creative expression. When I saw that there were people 3D printing fashion items, using simple desktop FDM printers, I got very interested. I saw that there was a lot of potential that was being wasted, I saw an opportunity to exploit my interest in innovation and research with the taste for fashion that I had developed thanks to my modeling career.

3DN: You recently launched the RESILIENCE project. Can you tell us more about it?

This is my first downloadable and printable fashion project done on a desktop 3D printer. It is an artistic project with an optimistic approach to the current pandemic. It is about our ability to flourish and grow after a difficult situation that forces us to rebuild and re-imagine our future. As we aim for collective recovery, I think the creation can be collective too. That is why I propose 3D printing as a democratic means of transmitting art and fashion. I presented two downloadable and printable pieces that anyone can self-produce anywhere in the world: A tank top, and of course, a mask, which can be downloaded for free and with a CC license HERE.