Greta Facchinato: “I make biosourced avocado-based inks”.
Greta Desirée Facchinato is an Italian-Luxembourg artist and designer based in The Hague, Netherlands. Working symbiotically with nature, this biomaterials researcher also creates organic inks for screen-printing on textiles, including natural indigo, borage seed ink and avocado ink. Here
Lotus flower: a rare and luxurious fiber
The lotus flower , known as a mythical perennial aquatic plant, can be used to produce one of the most astonishing and rare fabrics for its natural characteristics. In Cambodia , many people make a living from harvesting this plant,
Mycelium for biodegrading textile waste?
Scientific designer Annah-Ololade Sangosanya has developed a leather-like fungal material: mycelium that can biodegrade plastic molecules.