Fish Leather ... an amazing, ethical material on the fashion scene... and now in the Offset Warehouse Fabric shop.
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Fish leather including cod, salmon, ling and haberfish, have been transformed from disregarded waste to highly popular materials for products. Salmon skin, for example, is used for the manufacturing of many fashion and interior products including cushions, clothing and shoes. Fish skin is maluable, soft, aethetic and breathable, furthermore, it's extremely durable, which adds to its sustainable quality! Their small size (in comparison to cowhides) makes them particularly perfect for smaller items like hand made shoes, gloves and purses.
Fish leather is made from by-products of the commercial fish industry. Because the fish are in abundant supply and we would only disregard the skins once consuming the meat, it's considered a very sustainable and ethical choice. The leather is tanned by soaking the hide to remove the flesh before strengthening removal of odour. Thanks to the scales, the tanning process is not designed to remove hair, and therefore does not need the polluting chemicals used in traditional tanning.
We're extremely excited to be stocking fish leathers in the Offset Warehouse Fabric Shop, in a huge range of fantastic colours!
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