How we make, matters
Our products are hand made in India, in the heartland of the fashion waste problem. Our factory is powered by green energy, using recycled water with all local workers fairly treated and paid, with a strong emphasis on supporting women.
How our pieces comes to life
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We begin our process by gathering 100% Cotton Fabric waste from fast fashion factories. It is sorted and then shredded into tiny workable pieces.
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We take the shredded waste and begin churning, agitating and milling it in recycled water to loosen the cotton fibres apart.
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After the milling process we dry the Cotton Pulp and mix with other base materials. Creating raw Cotton Stone™.
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Now that our Cotton Stone™ raw material is malleable, we begin sculpting our vases and vessels by hand.
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Once our hand shaping is complete we move into hand painting.
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Unlike traditional ceramics, Cotton Stone™ does not require energy intense kiln firing. Instead we use the ever abundant resource of sunshine. After 3 weeks drying, we're ready to ship.
The composition details of Cotton Stone™
60% — Recycled cotton fibre
12% — Natural crushed stone
28% — Plant-based starch and Glue made from Sago & Corn
.002% — Food grade preservatives
In some larger products 5% of the Natural Glue is replaced with water based synthetic adhesive
For Water Proofing
We further add Alkyl Ketene Dimer Emulsion to the above composition and apply a Food Grade Epoxy coating to the inside surface to make the material water proof. Put together, these 2 components are not more than 2% of the total content weight.