Scoby leather fashion

The Sonnet155 bag comes in varying sizes, from small purses to larger totes.

Leather and synthetic leather production have a large negative environmental impact due to resource-intensive processes and hazardous chemicals used during production. VTT’s research team demonstrated that VTT’s technology enables the continuous manufacturing of mycelium leather sheets by the meter. The approach is applicable to industrial roll-to-roll production. The first product applications for the material could be accessories, footwear, and garments, for example.

two pieces of dried scoby, vegan leather, organic sculpture

Resources for fermenting a vast range of nutritious and delicious live-culture foods and drinks.

Conventional leather is one of fashion’s most ubiquitous materials – but it is fraught with ethical and environmental issues. We have been growing vegan leather from kombucha tea since 2014 – and the results are promising. Kombucha is a ferment made by adding a mixed symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, (known as SCOBY) to […]

A vegan leather option that can grow 36 inches daily 🌱 . . . #fashion #veganfashion #veganleather #crueltyfree #kelp #sustainable #sustainablefashion #vegan #animalskinalternative #wtvox

So, you all keep asking . . . What do I do with all these SCOBYs?! If you are anything like me, you have a pile of SCOBYs in a massive SCOBY hotel just waiting . . . It feels somehow wrong to throw them away when you have taken care of them and watched them grow! […]