Kingdom: Vegetabile.
//Description
Veggie paper
Mikaella Chrysostomou (Cyprus), Aysu Sani (Turkey), Panayiota Vasileiadou (Cyprus), Xiaodan Yang (China).
The cellulose ingredients and the fibers which compose vegetables are the main ingredients of these materials. Mainly fibers from banana, celery, and spinach. WIth the same techniques used to create DIY recycled paper, these designers obtained a homogeneous surface flat material. The interlaced non-woven fibers attached during the formation process providing a relative good structure to the paper. The designers addressed the project to tackle the problems that virgin papers create by turning down daily several thousand trees. By exploring with other vegetables and fruits which contain strong fibers, a balancing solution to the paper industry emerge.
Material Qualities
Kingdom Attributes
- Irregular
- Light
- Freedom of shape
- Fibrous
- Warm
- Organic
- Natural Color in Volume
Specific Material Attributes
- Velvety
- Soft
- Fibrous
- Texturized
- Irregular
- Rough
Basic Ingredients
- Mycelium filamentous cells (hyphae).
- Flour
- Water
- Rubbing Alcohol
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