Foil on wool
Crackle effect.
Textile printing and special effects · since 1973
Surfaces for luxury fashion.
Foil, devoré, airbrush, discharge and prints on fabric, knitwear, leather and finished garments. We develop every effect with your design team, test it in our lab and take it into production.
A surface never happens by chance. It is built.
First the gesture, then the subtraction, finally the shadow. We work on the line between material and perception: an effect should be felt more than seen, and often the real challenge is taking weight away rather than adding it.
15 techniques
Techniques
Every technique can be combined with the others on the same garment. Open a technique to see the photos.
Foil and lamination
Metallic, mirror and crackle effects
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Devoré
The design is made by removing fibre
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Airbrush
Freehand shading and depth
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Discharge printing
The design made by removing colour
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Hand painting
Every garment one of a kind
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Special processes and research
When the right technique does not exist yet
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Resin coatings
Leather, rubber, waxed and plastic effects
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Flock
Raised, velvety touch
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Embroidery finishing
Techniques applied over embroidery
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Bonded fabrics
Two materials, one fabric
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Screen printing
By hand and on automatic presses
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Digital printing
High definition, also placement
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Sublimation
Colour inside the synthetic fibre
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Transfer printing
Plastisol, raised, high definition
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Studs and rhinestones
Metal studs and crystals
DiscoverFrom research to the runway
On the runway
Effects developed in our lab for luxury houses' collections, from shows to campaigns.
From the lab
Research
Our latest trials on knitwear, yarns and surfaces, presented at Pitti Immagine Filati.
Devoré and airbrush
The material is guided, not forced. One step at a time: resist, subtraction, depth.
Cellophane knit
Ultra-light knitwear in cellophane and nylon yarn. Digital print simulates denim, with transparencies that change with the light.
Laminated surfaces
Research on surfaces, lamination and premium materials.
Instagram
New work, every week.
On Instagram we post trials, prototypes and garments fresh from the lab. It is the quickest way to see what we are working on right now.
Follow @stamperiamarra ↗How we work
From brief to garment
From one-off pieces made by hand to production on automatic presses.
- BriefWe start from the design team's brief: the garment, the material, the effect.
- Research and trialsWe test techniques and combinations directly on your fabrics and yarns.
- PrototypeSamples and prototypes are made in-house until the effect is right.
- ProductionHandwork for one-off pieces, automatic presses for volume.
Since 1973
Fifty years of surfaces
From brushes on home textiles to 3D printing: every decade added a technique, without leaving the previous ones behind.
- 1973Stamperia Marra is founded in Zola Predosa, near Bologna, hand-painting fabrics and home textiles.
- 1983Table screens arrive for manual printing on home textiles and clothing.
- 1985A new plant in Crespellano: the first multicolour automatic machines and transfer printing.
- 1990First digital machines and laser printing. Lamination, burn-out and discharge arrive, also on footwear, bags and belts.
- 2000State-of-the-art automatic printing machines and high-definition transfers.
- 2010Direct and indirect digital printing, three-dimensional printing, casting, digital and laser lamination.
- TodayHD and 3D printing are everyday processes. We exhibit at Pitti Immagine Filati with a collection of techniques for knitwear.
Contact
Have an effect in mind? Let's try it.
Tell us about the garment, the material and the effect you are after. We can start from a sample, a drawing or an idea.