A lot of respect for those researchers.

As a biology graduate. I find this very innovative.

This was so incredibly inspiring. I love the challenge to petroleum based materials and appreciate that she pushes her students to experiment in this way. Without experimentation, we fall into complacency and comfort with what we already have

Dear Kirsten, I follow your work closely and very much appreciate all that your video's bring to my attention.

I need that coffee bag! I brew kombucha at home and now I want to make a whole new wardrobe with it!!! This is really awesome

This was interesting. I worked in a hospital in Florida back in the early 1980s. The soiled linens that and gowns that were used by out isolation patients were put in red plastic bags. When the bag went to the hospital laundry facilities, the bag with the clothes and bedding still inside would be put into the washing machine. The bag would dissolve completely. I'm not sure what these bags were made from. I imagine they were soy or corn starch based; but, they felt just like plastic. Watching this video, brought back that memory.

@shiitakestick

3 жыл бұрын

Donna ; cellulose

@WonderMagician

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing - why are we not seeing this material being used instead of plastic bags?

@amandawilcox9638

3 жыл бұрын

@@WonderMagician Cellulose probably takes one more step in manufacture or two minutes longer to complete processing. Madness in method!

@iwantnod

3 жыл бұрын

@@WonderMagician do note that most plastic bags in the world (at least civilized part of it) are biodegradable. But they disappear in few years, not after 1 wash.

@RoSario-vb8ge

3 жыл бұрын

@Unmutual I also don't think most of the plastic is biodegradable, otherwise there wouldn't be such a thing as microplastic which even changes male sperms.

Just plain genius. Really promising materials that are much more sustainable than your average plastic.

recognized the Greek accent and thought "Oh Catalans have the same English accent" lol...

omg i have been waiting fr this! i love this so much! this is how humanity works when we have the freedom and possibility to. all win win, no animal cruelty and using, all organic, no exploitation of nature, but flourishing through symbiosis. by using these all natural materials we grow them and protect nature. these materials are way nicer and feel way better on the body (i know this from organic hemp), create zero waste. all within the great cycle, ever growing. i love that it's open source too! and of course all these new compounds aren't just perfect material for clothing but also for building! thank you kirsten

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! You can check our websites and our students' documentations for more information

Thank you for shedding light on this wonderful experimentation! Always wonderful open source, 3d printing, fashion, biomaterials ough 😘

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

And much more on our websites and our students' documentations, Thanks a lot!

So inspiring to see curiosity, respect for nature, imagination and a steady stream of new inventions that are sympatico for our planet. I can envision an end to pollution.

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your feedback!

Amazed by the endless possibilities, wonderful!!!

her:my best material, no? also her: proceeds to plop it on a shelf haphazardly

@ScarlettKitsune

3 жыл бұрын

That speaks to its robustness. 😆

@nachtbeirmann4760

3 жыл бұрын

her: I'm fond of it *dunks it right after*

We, my husband & I live on his family farm. It's a registered Century farm,in the PNW. I grew up gardening,but not at this size. 100+ acres. I could not imagine this place having soooo many neighbors. I love it out here. We have chickens,cows, &dogs. I'm going to get a milk cow & pigs. Grandma turns 90 next month, she loves to tell stories about growing up here. Most of the buildings are over 90 yrs old. I envy your ability to travel & share the places that you go,but I can't wait to get my green house figured out & start growing starts to sell. I LOVE SPRING!!! Thank you for your videos

Absolutely exciting to see this research and leadership in transforming fast fashion and waste. So many wonderful ideas for material explorations for artists as well. : ) CONGRATULATIONS!

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You can find more at our websites and follow our students' new work!

@dweeb511

3 жыл бұрын

@@fabricademy_textileacademy Indeed I have. I have been teaching a Grad Class at CAFA in Beijing and showed them your videos and shared your links with them and my former employer The Ohio state university, where I was teaching. Keep up this amazing work.

Wow! So amazing! Thanks for finding and sharing this!

I love her inspiration for being closer to the Earth, wearing this clothing to heal soul.

Something I never thought about before you sharing this video. The woman interviewed was so cute and likable. Great editing for speed yet got a lot of info in.

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Living garment: also useful for burials

@nicolasboullosa

3 жыл бұрын

A joke that is not a joke. Not a bug, but a feature. Biodegradability will be key in the coming decades.

@AutoNomades

2 жыл бұрын

Some peoples does researches about "natural brevyards", and the most complicated thing around it, are oldschool rules.. You have the right (and the obligation!) to pollute even when you die...

This absolutely fantastic and fascinating!

It'd be so cool to work there. I was just thinking about how to turn my scoby into a... robey

Love this new direction of video

Kirsten, I like the variation of your videos, this one was very interesting, as always - had no idea that Spain also do this research. Some good will come out of it :)

This is really cool. I'd love to see it combined with some gene modification, imagine if you could create a type of grass that's hollow like reindeer fur or as sturdy as wool

@cedrix57

2 жыл бұрын

Is it hard to learn such skill, gene modification?

@oldchild527

2 жыл бұрын

It exist nad is HEMP it's the best material to mix with mycelium to create resistance and lightness and the mycelium gives softness... But there are the restrains in certain areas

I love it!! Thank you for giving me hope, this is amazing!

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much!

This was again such an interesting video, thank you, Kirsten!

Always an interesting story, Kirsten! Thanks for sharing

I found this quite fascinating. Thank you.

this video was fantastic, so creative, am really looking forward to seeing what comes out from this research, its only the beginning...

Amazing! Thanks for making this video. I love it and shared it on my social media! ♥

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you a lot!

Amazing content. Very insightful and forward looking. Thank you.

This is amazing! Love it.

Thank you for sharing this!

This is incredible!

Amazing! Love your videos.

Awesome!! Thank you for sharing!

This is one of the coolest things I've ever watched!

Great video. Thank you

Genius.

Way cool...thank you for this.

Also i really like to see you expand your subjects within environmentalism and sustainable lifestyles

Yes. I was speaking with 30 A who create bio tees out of plastic bottles and letting him know there is more pollution created in the recycling of plastics. I suggested bio degradable sandals instead pf the rubber flip flops. I know this is a great idea and possible.

Kirsten, this video is mesmerizing!

I love this so much!

So interesting!!

This was such an interesting and inspiring video, thank you! I'm just learning how to work with fish leather and next I want to grow my own komhucha leather. Seeing this makes me want to join the biomaterial lab!

Wow! Thank you for the interesting content.

just wow. Wonder what binder they used for yucca cup?

@narktect

3 жыл бұрын

the yucca cup concept was for making an edible cup, so we only used water and a little bit of flour+vinegar and baked it. imagine that all your plates and single use cup were edible!

This is so awesome!!!!

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

😲😲😲 We are drinking combucha tea daily in our family, for its taste and vitamins and immunity boosting properties. But to make leather of it - it's really something amazing!

Fantástico!!!!

This is incredible. I'm in awe.

Thanks this is very interesting it is good to see people thinking and creating out side the box. I like to that they are using responsible science in what they are doing.

Where Can i find more about their research? Im a chemist, im very very interested

Great stuff

This is amazing! I'd be afraid of attracting insects with the garment the opened with.

Amazing!

These experiment seem like so much fun to make 😲

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

They really are! Check our websites for more, thanks for your comment!

Anastasia is probably working on a new dress made from Covid19 these days. The star of your channel, Kirsten, is human ingenuity, yes?

Scoby leather is my absolute favorite

very interesting Kirsten!

i did something like that once, i had a fiber hat that i put some broccoli spraut seed on it

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

Curious to see it! Thanks for you feeedback

Super interesante! lately I've been reconnecting with textiles and my passion for creating on the other hand I have been learning and making kombucha. I am curious about these new materials. I some questions about what kind of gelatine do they use, as when they talk about leather they make it sound as if it's so bad...

Love her channel..New angle still interested...

Develop a relationship with my clothes and thats where i check out 🤣

Just wow, thanks for constantly opening my eyes with these amazing videos! 💚

I really don't know whether I should believe this grass-covered biomaterial provides health benefits or not compared to other natural textiles and materials, but at least it is frickin cool. 😎

Firstly, hats off for the effort to sustain the environment and where can I find the charcoal bio-leather recipe?

Can you tell what type of alginate you use to make the charcoal and wool leather you were making at the end? Is it just a regular casting alginate with added charcoal and the calcium chloride? I imagine that casting alginate would just fall apart ? Is it a different type of alginate? Does the charcoal take out more moisture as well besides the color? thank you so much

@narktect

3 жыл бұрын

sodium alginate

Fantastic

Wait, aren't most clothes already made from plants?

@TheVioletMaze

3 жыл бұрын

Very few still are. Natural fabrics made from linen, cotton, wool, or other furs (e.i. rabbit, goat) are biodegradable and fine with going into the dump to decompose. But most fabrics are made of plastics (polyester, rayon, elastic, etc) or a combination of a natural fiber and a plastic fiber, meaning they do not decompose for thousands of years. Also the process of growing cotton, the processes of making yarn to fabric to clothing (and dying), and the distribution of clothing are great factors in the high water and earth pollution.

@TheDaedalx

3 жыл бұрын

Cotton..

@TheDaedalx

3 жыл бұрын

Silk.. Leather..

@TheDaedalx

3 жыл бұрын

People have short memories.

@aeipee13

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheVioletMaze have we been around for thousands of years to find out? I work in the fashion industry, I can promise you our clothing is mostly grown. Man made materials are not the norm. Check your tags.

I was getting hungry when I saw this I’m thinking do I want to eat gummy s or do I want to wear them how long does plastic take to come out of my body?

absolutely beautiful work being done! would love to be a part of this work or work with materials like this! i am a designer from india

I can now imagine how the spaceships from the Movie After Earth would have been made!

Soooo cool 🧚‍♂️🌈✨

I highly doubt any of this is as durable as polyester, cotton, wool, and hemp. Its sad that most of our clothes aren't made from hemp.

@soy_red

3 жыл бұрын

but its only the beginning, imagine the progress in a few years time. the lady did mention that there is no substitute for leather.

@ScarlettKitsune

3 жыл бұрын

It's research on how to use natural fabric. Right now most fake leather is made of plastic. It's a commendable goal to change the fast fashion culture and replace polyesters with items that will biodegrade.

amazing

Are these cloths washable, looks like they are not.. How then for practical use?

@matiasgutierrezdiaz6652

3 жыл бұрын

maybe it's just a step for a future product. It's only a experiment.

@shiitakestick

3 жыл бұрын

where do you think the dirt and sweat from your washed clothes goes ??

@OlivierBL

3 жыл бұрын

It is experimentation. If you don't try anything you'll never find a solution to a problem. And what tells you that they are not/never will be washable anyway?

@shiitakestick

3 жыл бұрын

.. the dirt from the washer goes into the ground and makes the plants grow. So this is a more direct re-cycling ; the roots absorb the moisture, bacteria, and nutrients your body exudes. No doubt a symbiotic equilibrium may be reached with the plants sustaining the human biology , perhaps with heretofore undiscovered molecules , as well as vice versa.. You may never want to take it off ..

@Ursaminor31

3 жыл бұрын

It’s o my high concept

Sooo cool

I'm curious to see if these materials develop any sort of bacterial contamination with time. Some of the binders like alginate are used in labs to grow bacterial cultures. So I don't see how this could be sanitary.

What was that first fiber she put the seeds in?

Thats a great ghillie suit

Can other natural fibers such (silk,angora,mohair, cotton, flax, hemp, bamboo, sisal, jute) be of the same use?

I realize each day that the current system is not the only way to do things. The way they chose is actually the worse alternative

soooooooo cooooooolllllllll I love it

Hey Kirsten , I was just wondering how you navigate all the travel restrictions to countries in making these documentaries during covid? When you arrive in a country..Do you have to quarantine for 14 days before going out to film?

@kirstendirksen

3 жыл бұрын

We filmed this in February shortly before things shutdown.

@mrMacGoover

3 жыл бұрын

@@kirstendirksen Oh.. I see.. now it all makes sense, well I hope this this pandemic thing all blows over soon and you and your family can get get back to exploring alternative homes, interesting people and the things they make. Your channel has opened up many minds to what the world has to offer in the way of imagination and inovation! Thank you for all your hard work you put into your videos!

Don't we already wear the "grown" fabrics cotton and wool???

@twoarrows2543

3 жыл бұрын

The whole "what do you call a male cow" mentality.....

@twoarrows2543

3 жыл бұрын

I love eating chicken and wearing leather shoes but I'm a woke vegetarian....

@AutoNomades

2 жыл бұрын

@@twoarrows2543 Happy to know it

ABSOLUTE GENIUS!! Where can I buy this or how do we do this? Oh wow open source I bow to thee! Thank You 🙏🙏🙏 What is her name

Because walking down the street looking like a lawn mower should be chasing you is just how everyone should look 🤣

I was wondering why there were no women in your "polymaths" playlist - here she is! So innovative and inspiring, and LOVE that she offers recipes open source. OUTSTANDING.

Wow !! Good work to save animals from slaughter

Perhaps in the future I wish humans can harness something like Elysia chlorotica. Chloroplast tattoos.

Make some flip-flops to go with what you have on

That can be used as camouflage

Interesting, but do these products really last for a long time?

@tayet6875

3 жыл бұрын

I would be interested in this, too. I imagine the alginate and wool combo would be easily patched, if it starts to fail in places?

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

​Thanks! You can check our websites and our students' documentations for more!

@elchasai

3 жыл бұрын

@@fabricademy_textileacademy not much of an answer

@fabricademy_textileacademy

3 жыл бұрын

@@elchasai these are indeed made to be compostable. I invite you to check our open source content and our students' documentations to learn more about it

acrylic paint??

@narktect

3 жыл бұрын

yes. it was one of our earliest tests and we stopped using it of course and moved to natural dyes from food waste

And hey bring some ranch dressing in your bag, seems edible as well.. at least the growing out of the yarn part does lol.

👍👍👍👌♥️

I love the creativity . Great episode. BUT WHAT IS UP WITH ALL THE COMMERCIALS ? INTERRUPTING EVERY 30 SECONDS???

So ASMR