Leather For The Discerning Vegan

Students from Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam Netherlands collaborated on a project that would almost certainly have PETA's approval. They used the food waste from a large local market to make fruitleather. The product was used to make purses as well as swatches to show the different colors available depending on the fruits used. Leather you don't have to hide.

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Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 13, 2015
Category: Crafts | Fashion | Food | Vegetarians and Vegans | Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia

Comments

I think this stuff was first invented by Moog and Uugh in one of those caves in Europe back before the previous global warming cycle.

Oh, wait, that may not be true they used REAL LEATHER like MEN.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/13/15 at 11:17 PM

I have the feeling that there will be so many chemicals in it, to prevent it falling into mush, that you can't eat it. Charlie Chaplin could eat his real leather boots while trapped in a blizzard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt-_DXC-aik

Posted by BMN on 10/14/15 at 01:45 AM

By the way, the trolls can't get at this. It has been Public Domain since 1953.

Posted by BMN on 10/14/15 at 04:14 AM

Did anyone else go to the link above and see the picture of the handbag they show at the top of the article? Yuck! IMO, you can tell it's made from garbage based purely on the appearance. :sick:

Posted by Kyle Morgan on 10/14/15 at 12:13 PM

If it hasn't already been proposed, I'd like to suggest plastic leather or "pleather" for the material.

Posted by KDP on 10/14/15 at 05:54 PM

Its not bio-degradable so its bad for the environment KDP. 😉

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/14/15 at 06:42 PM

I wonder how stinky fruit leather is.

Posted by Courtney on 10/14/15 at 09:05 PM

@Patty
Nice pun at the end of the narration.

Posted by GFnKS on 10/16/15 at 09:57 AM

Thanks sweetie!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/16/15 at 12:52 PM

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