DuPont™ Tyvek® Fabric Product Demo - Breathability and Durability Tests

The video below was developed by DuPont to demonstrate the difference in physical and performance properties of Tyvek compared to microporous film. The tests done are for breathability and durability. Check out how Tyvek performs in these tests.

Tyvek Paper Cutting: Mexican Papel Picado on Tyvek by Phil Ponce

Phil Ponce, host of Chicago Tonight, a nightly television magazine of news and culture on Chicago's WTTW, is also a folk artist and Material Concepts customer. He has purchased and used black Tyvek rolls and Tyvek style 10G, a traditional white Tyvek that is used for many creative applications. This video features Phil's "secret" hobby of paper cutting and he's done it on Tyvek.


(Originally featured on this Chicago Tonight story: Paper Cuts.)

Having discovered his talent for paper cutting when he was in his twenties, he later discovered while on a trip to Mexico with his wife and mother that what he was making was actually Mexican folk art called papel picado. Papel picado is what decorative paper cutting in Mexico is called and it literally means paper with holes in it.

In the video Phil talks about papel picado being typically made from tissue paper and used to decorate celebrations. "With Mexican papel picado it's typically made out of tissue paper so it's very transient and it's a metaphor that beautiful things are transient and life is transient," said Phil in the video.

Instead of paper, Phil decided to use Tyvek. "I don’t want it to be transient, I want it to be something that is lasting. This is something that should last a very long time."

Tyvek is very easy to cut and is extremely strong and durable. A perfect combination for such delicate works of art.

Visit Phil's blog where he shares some of his inspiration behind his designs.

We have previously featured artist Béatrice Coron who is renowned for her "stories cut from paper" where she too uses Tyvek.

If you would like to purchase some black Tyvek or Tyvek 10G for your own art project, give us a call or order online. Also, check out our Tyvek excess inventory section for great deals on narrow width Tyvek rolls.

Stunning Tyvek Dresses

Designer Hila Martuzana provides four sets of stunning new Tyvek dresses in a picture set called The Rhythm of Paper, related to the four seasons. Of course, it's not paper, it's Tyvek!

Martuzana comments (from the Coroflot website):

"Four sets of clothing which related to the cycles of nature, by codes of transition between seasons. Each season of transition involves changing: climate change, a change in motion, rhythm, sensations, smells and feelings. Each garment combines two seasons of the year, according to the characterization of each season, using a different modal component by means of repeated motifs, sizes, dosages and different arrangements of the "Tyvec" paper strips. Although the "Tyvec" paper is not torn, it can be cut, folded and heated. These are the techniques I used to create the textile surfaces."

(Note: of course, the correct spelling is "Tyvek".)

The Fall-Summer Tyvek dress design is particularly striking, where the Tyvek material has been cut to provide an airy look. The detailed shot shows the intricate work needed to create this look.



The Summer-Spring Tyvek dress design is also rather innovative.

View the entire gallery of Tyvek dress designs from Hila Martuzana. These designs were also featured in a recent ecouterre story.

Of course, if you are a dress designer wishing to expand the material you use for any fashion design, Material Concepts can supply the Tyvek material. There are many styles of Tyvek that can be used, soft Tyvek / Tyvek fabric, hard Tyvek / Tyvek paper, or for a more mysterious look, black Tyvek would be a dramatic choice. For more information, contact Material Concepts via phone (1-800-372-3366 or 215-338-6515). Or simply buy Tyvek online and have it shipped directly to you now. And when you have completed your Tyvek fashion designs, send us your photos and maybe we'll feature your work in future feature on this Tyvek Innovative Uses Blog!

3D Tyvek Clock - Manifold Clock from Studio Ve

As recently featured in a CNET story, the Manifold Clock is a 3D clock made with colored Tyvek and designed by Studio Ve. As described by CNET:

The Manifold Clock doesn't just tell time with flat hands, it expresses it with ever-changing shapes created by a flexible sheet of Tyvek attached between the hands. Every minute looks slightly different.

The designers call it "Telling time in 3D". They say, "Time has many properties. The Manifold Clock is our interpretation to the concept of time, displaying an ever-changing form."

But these videos describe it much better!

This is a Kickstarter project; Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects.

Manifold Clock from Studio Ve.

If you want to create your own clock (or any other product) with Tyvek, contact Material Concepts - we'd be happy to be your Tyvek supplier for your next project.

Tyvek Origami Jellyfish with LED Lighting at Vancouver Aquarium Installation

Origami jellyfish made from Tyvek and lit by LED lights are featured in an interactive installation at the Vancouver Aquarium called "Jelly Swarm". The Vancouver Aquarium show "Luminescence - A Celebration of Aquatic Light" runs from Nov 24, 2011 to Jan 2, 2012. "Jelly Swarm" is part of that show, described on the Vancouver Museum website as:
"a unique light installation created by Tangible Intervention in collaboration with origami artist, Joseph Wu. Over a hundred jellies with LED lights will fill the entire ceiling of a gallery. Control the lighting yourself at the touch of a button and create beautiful patterns of light throughout the amazing swarm hanging above you. Then take part in glow in the dark arts and crafts activities or make your very own origami jelly decoration to take home with you."

Read more in this article about the installation, and view the time-lapse video of its setup:

Origami cases made out of DuPont Tyvek

Check out the latest from Origami - Origami cases made out of DuPont Tyvek.

Also - view the video from Origami designer Kevin Leong - many of the clothing items in the video are made with Tyvek.

If you have fashion forward ideas and want to use Tyvek in your designs, you can source the Tyvek from Material Concepts' online catalog or just contact us!

Tyvek Cape from Béatrice Coron

This story and video featuring a Tyvek cape via exchangemagazine.com on Tuesday Nov 1 2011:
Béatrice Coron: Stories cut from paper.

"With scissors and paper, artist Béatrice Coron creates intricate worlds, cities and countries, heavens and hells. Striding onstage in a glorious cape cut from Tyvek, she describes her creative process and the way her stories develop from snips and slices. Béatrice Coron has developed a language of storytelling by papercutting multi-layered stories. ... Coron's oeuvre includes illustration, book arts, fine art and public art. She cuts her characteristic silhouette designs in paper and Tyvek."

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For your own art or cape made from Tyvek, consider sourcing the Tyvek from Material Concepts' online catalog. And Material Concepts can provide material selection assistance for your next project using Tyvek - just contact us!