Making silk leather from fibers (VIDEO)

Tufts University

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The process of making the silk leather begins with dissolving the fibers and reformulating the protein for extrusion and printing into swatches with customized patterns

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Laia Soldevilla, Fio Omenetto, Tufts University SilkLab

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