So I went ahead and made a DIY ID holder covered with #FishSkinLeather to replace the one I made out of paper rubbed with wax for protection. The previous one almost fell apart from wear on the edge.

I used paper reinforced with starch glue paste. I used this design, upgraded a bit to expose more of the document. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nCWzeDpgnk

I lined the interior with paper towel using the same starch glue I used to impregnate the paper.

I glued the #FishSkin with shoemakers glue, that's the only non-biodegradable ingredient here.

https://kolektiva.social/@licho/115957280459456441

CC @DoomsdaysCW

#zeroWaste #FishLeather #AnimalProduct

#fishskinleather was a topic of #solarpunkSunday a couple weeks ago. @DoomsdaysCW posted a several long posts about it and it inspired me to try it out. I've been putting skins to the freezer to try it out and I tried it out this weekend, because my family went to the inlaws.

The oil and egg method does not work. Very thick tea - that's what did the job.

Now, I wanted to make an id card holder with it (glue it around an origami card holder I made because paper alone doesn't hold up to the wear), it seemed it will be fine but it shrank and now it's not enough. And I don't know what to do with it.

Well, I'm making 4 more with tea, those that failed to tan in oil and egg. Do you have any ideas what can it be good for?

#zerowaste #fishleather #fishskin #fish #solarpunk

Another insightful newsletter from @jmcolberg

I appreciate the merging of thoughts on #photoland, AI, NFTs, and the systems that enable them: https://buttondown.email/CPhMag/archive/fish-skin-and-other-crazy-images/

#fishskin