CT DAITY - fashion and dairy in Connecticut
Biomaterial workwear coated with an all natural, biodegradable, water-resistant rubber made from milk - a prominent natural resource in Connecticut
Hosted by GY STUDIOThis project is now archived and was part of DDW19
Event type
Exhibition
Location
Strijp T+R
Piet Hein Eek
Halvemaanstraat 30
5651BP
Decellularized Vegetable Apron
photography: Bronwen Wickstrom
Connecticut used to have a booming dairy industry that has recently suffered a decline due to the rising prices of milk production, insufficient governmental subsidies and a lack of young farmers. In order to find new revenue sources for small farms we asked can milk serve a function in fashion?
In CT DAIRY we created a biodegradable, water resistant, flexible coating from the milk protein - Casein. The material and garments were made in collaboration with a small farm in Connecticut called Shaggy Coos. The milk protein was purified at the bioFAS
Community dyed, Milk Coated Apron
photography: Bronwen Wickstrom
Tea dyed, Milk Coated suit
photography: Bronwen Wickstrom
Milk Coated Apron
photography: Bronwen Wickstrom
Decellularized Vegetable Necklace
About GY STUDIO
GY STUDIO is a bio-materiality fashion studio based in NYC. Creating innovative, all natural biomaterials from local food waste and hacking industrial manufacturing techniques to create zero-waste products.
This is a collaboration based studio, aiming to create new, ecologically innovative products based on the location and community we are working with.
Colofon
Fashion Bio-Maker
Gal Yakobovitch
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