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4" x 4", May-August 2023
These are first trials in a long-term project to grow bacterial scoby leather from kombucha, one possible route for the future of zero-waste, ethical and sustainable leather. Samples measure roughly 4" in diameter and 1/8" thickness.
This page will be updated as my next larger piece of bacterial leather is harvested, treated, and sewn into a wearable piece.
Featured In MassArt's CROCODILIAN Gallery, Nov-Dec 2023
Five swatches with differing finish samples.
Clockwise, from top left: dyed; coconut oil; dubbin; coconut oil + dubbin; dried.
(left to right) Sample that is dried only; treated with coconut oil; and treated with both coconut oil + dubbin.
Crumple test with the same samples pictured immediately above.
Sample after 1 day of drying before being fully dehydrated.
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