Have you seen this video of the Marimekko factory? I loved this glimpse into how their fabrics are made. Most of Marimekko’s fabrics are silkscreen printed, either using flat screens like the ones I use here at Cotton & Flax, or rotary screens (which you see sometimes in the video above. I enjoyed seeing printers working diligently to produce those iconic Marimekko patterns.
While only the first half of the video deals with the fabric printing and production (the rest is sort of an infomercial for Marimekko’s retail shops, and maybe Finland as a whole…), I love that Marimekko offers some transparency about how and where their goods are made, and the processes behind their creation.
The difference between production at Marimekko and production here at Cotton & Flax is astounding (it’s a one woman operation around here!), but I’d still like to follow their lead in the coming weeks by sharing more about how my work is made. Keep an eye out for that soon!
Kaisa
October 1, 2012 at 5:30 amHi Erin! What a lovely blog you have! I love your style and use of colours 🙂
It was fun to find a video of Marimekko among your posts. Great that it inspired you to show your work methods, it´s so interesting to see how things are made!
I work at Marimekko Artwork Studio, and am proud to say that all of the fabrics in the video are silkscreened or rotary printed (which is sort of the same thing on a different shaped screen).
We use digital printing for clothing fabrics every now and then, but silk screen printing is our thing. It makes colours pop out so much better!
You can find more stories, videos and introductions of people here: http://www.marimekko.com/village/