Bio-Waste
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into
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Wild Textiles!
Bacterial Cellulose BC
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Co-created leather like material with the help from bacteria and yeast fed by fruit leftovers.
To the touch it feels like soft leather; very flexible, resistent and easily moldeable. It can be customized to achieve wanted features like thickness, color, haptic, etc.
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BC can be hand or machine sewn, glued, laser cut and engraved, embossed; treated either with plant-based wood wax or with lanolin (wool wax) to make it water repellent.
Banana peel + Seaweed
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Material crafted from banana peels carefully collected by my co-working mates, cotton batting leftovers from upholstery workshops and seaweed in the form of alginate.
To the touch it feels like a silicon material, amazingly soft and foldable, and distressingly similar to a skin.
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This bio-composite can be hand or machine sewn, glued, laser cut and treated either with plant-based wood wax or with lanolin (wool wax) to make it water repellent.
Mushrooms + Seaweed
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Material crafted from mushroom leftovers and seaweed in the form of alginate. To the touch it feels like a robust leather; together with natural fabrics like hemp and raw cotton creates a very nice material for bags and accesories.
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This bio-composite can be hand or machine sewn, glued, laser cut, engraved and treated either with plant-based wood wax or with lanolin (wool wax) to make it water repellent.
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Why home compostable
materials
Why textiles from biowaste
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