oh wow

how innovative!

http://www.ecouterre.com/hoyan-ip-turns-food-waste-into-buttons-buckles-other-bio-trimmings/





or

http://www.ecouterre.com/what-is-zero-waste-fashion-and-why-does-it-matter/

which leads to.....
http://www.ecouterre.com/the-monster-challenges-of-cheap-low-maintenance-frankenfabrics/

(or) wherees the bear?!

bear hair.

natural, salvaged, local.

My good friend works at grandfather mtn in their habitats.... so lucky me scored  a bag of bear hair collected from the bears at grandfather!

question is is this some kind of project that I can turn into something big enough/ meaningful enough for a senior project or a craft project for myself.

I could turn it in to sometype of faabric (most likely felt) and then turn it into something - but what?

taking a turn

Over the past few weeks I have scouted out the growing sustainable textile industry of North Carolina.  And well there really is no fibershed to uncover.  As far as a commercial industry North Carolina is fully functioning. With in 750 miles cotton is being grown, spun, manufactured and created into clothing.  The wool industry is not as commercial, it is used in a local scale with artisans and more specialty  products.

The more that i look into it- this direction seems as if my project would be almost strictly research which is not what I want.  New, sustainable fibers are great! However not exactly the most sustainable...

what about all of the textile waste? what about wasted resources that could be transformed into something wonderful?!