Would you wear clothing made out of dead people?

"Recycling the Dead" Proposes Textile Products From Cremated Human Remains

ecouterre.com 18 Jun '12, 6pm

Would you wear clothing made out of dead people?

believes that the human body has resource potential after death. The Central Saint Martins student , who’s pursuing a master’s degree in textile futures, is exploring the provocative notion that we can—and should—extract chemical components from cremated remains . “It is my belief that the only resource we can lay claim to is our body,” Greville says. “Every other resource is taken without consent.” Just one problem: Humans are sentimental creatures. “Could we allow ourselves to become detatched from our loved ones so that their bodies could be seen as a resource?” she asks.

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@laurenonizzle » 19 Jun '12, 9pm
Clothes made out of dead humans (but not in the way you're probably thinking) [link]
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