BACTERIAL CELLULOSE profile by Stefanie Putsch, Dean Weigand & Elena Bangel Description of the material: Cellulose is a polymer made from the monomer cellobiose. It is the main component of plant cell membranes and is the most abundant biomolecule. The linkage of the monomers takes place through a condensation reaction in which two hydroxyl groups (-OH) form …
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INTERVIEW with ALANNA LYNCH
INTERVIEW with ALANNA LYNCH by Dean Weigand, Stefanie Putsch & Elena Bangel Tell us about your work with bacterial cellulose. What was your artistic intention and why did you choose bacterial cellulose? I have been making kombucha tea for many years but I first became interested to work with bacterial cellulose as a material after …
FOMU
FOMU The home-cultured menstrual sponge fomu, the home-cultured menstrual sponge, is the fictitious idea of a reusable menstrual product made from bacterial cellulose. Through a fermentative process with a cellulose-forming bacterium, the bacterial cellulose is cultivated, growing into a three-dimensional foam structure. The resulting by-products are either fed back into previous processes or are used …