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Crafting Organic Waste For Fashion
Photography by Yao Wang
Exploring how waste Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast (SCOBY) generated from the kombucha drink industry can be re-processed into a new, more sustainable, vegan, leather-like material.
For ethical reasons, people often opt for non-animal derived products made of so-called “vegan leather”, unaware that it is just greenwashed PVC and PU-based plastic which is very harmful to the environment.
As an alternative, I have developed a new m
Making process of the material
Photography by Tayla Horn
Model posing with SCOBY-compo handbags
Photography by Yao Wang
SCOBY-compo sewn handbag detail
Photography by Yao Wang
SCOBY-compo liquid moulded handbag
