Meet Dr Sonia Reynolds

A Pioneer & Global Speaker

Dr. Sonia Reynolds is a textile engineer and the inventor of the award winning Zephlinear fabrics created by the patent granted technology FOYSE (Fibre On Yarn Surface Entanglement). Zephlinear is the first noninterlaced textile providing an alternative to knit and weave materials therefore pioneering a 4th class of textile. Dr Sonia completed her PhD in December 2022 and is now establishing The Institute of FOYSE Technology (TIoFT). A platform to assist the dissemination of this groundbreaking new knowledge within the field of sustainable textile manufacture.

  • It all begins with an idea or in my case a simple observation.

  • My hypothesis ‘can fibre on yarn connecting together create a fabric?’ Limited evidence was the starting point for further investigation.

  • Experimental practice, product and process development. Basically unlimited iterations until you get something of value to others :).

More about Dr Sonia…

Creating a new way to manufacture fabric using wool and wool mix yarn is Dr Sonia’s story.

With more than 30 years experience within cross disciplinary design, Sonia combined her passion for next generation textiles and science to undertake a PhD in textile innovation.

Dr Sonia’s dedication and forward thinking approach to textiles has won multiple awards including the prestigious Wool Innovation Prize for the textile Zephlinear™ by FOYSE. Samples of this innovation are displayed at the renowned UPENN arts collection hosted at the historic Fisher Fine Arts Library USA. In addition Dr Sonia has been awarded for her academic writings namely the best paper award for: E-textiles the Need to Breath: A Novel Manufacturing Process and Textile for Lightweight Transparent Sustainable E-textiles and Wearables

Dr Sonia’s Latest publication February 2024 Engineering Proceedings: Fibre on Yarn Surface Entanglement Technology: Revolutionising Manufacturing for Noninterlaced Sustainable Textiles and E-Textiles in the Future of Mesh Materials

Sonia & Zephlinear

 

The Zephlinear Family of Brands

From a desire to revolutionise textile design, Sonia Reynolds has pushed the barriers to build the Zephlinear family of brands to where it is today.

Sonia’s approach to Zephlinear combines her scientific approach and entrepreneurial flair, allowing each brand to cross over into a range of sectors.

From the process that created the new class of textile FOYSE Technology, to our love for luxurious fashion design in the shape of our beautifully innovative Zephlinear Couture. Sonia seeks to collaborate with designers in this space.

Sonia is also passionate about innovation in education (and practice), this can be seen in her unique creation Fabtangle, a textile tool for anyone with an interest in textiles right through to our dedicated range of educational resources.

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