SCOBY PRINT questions the relationship between textiles and human skin through the printing of a living material, bacterial cellulose, known as Scoby. In partnership with the community laboratory Open Biofabrics, this project consists of developing a printing process based on living inks as an altern
ative to the toxic inks used in screen printing.
A scoby-printed textile offers a second life to a second hand fabric. It stiffens naturally when drying and can be used again to cultivate new bacterial inks. To support this research, an open-source culture kit allows to enrich the SCOBY PRINT ink recipe book and brings out new know-how thanks to the community.
Collaborations :
. Sabrina Maroc, styliste et fondatrice d’Open Biofabrics
. Xavier Coadic, biologiste et fondateur du Biôme
. Romane Viger, designer
. Jane Petersen, Grønt packaging
biodesign, research, Biofabrication, open-source
scoby, bacterial leather, microbial leather, microbial finish, bioprint
