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Textile people are an intrepid and problem-solving group of people, and Alice Masters is no exception! During her residency, she looked at her sandwich toaster and thought, “Why don’t I throw some wool in there and see what happens…”
What happened was starch bound wool (SBW), an affordable material made from reclaimed waste, produced by the wool rug industry that can be used for making furniture and other common items that are currently made with plastics. It would be wonderful to see SBW become viable enough to replace “disposable” plastic goods!
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That sounds a highly dangerous game and just the kind of thing that would get me in endless trouble. It’s fascinating what creative minds can dare to do and end up inventing.
Absolutely! I think there is a famous quote like that. Something about history doesn’t remember people that don’t make any noise, people that don’t dare…
Found it, (thanks Google):
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
How inventive. With wool being fire proof/retardent it could have great applications in building materials. The plastic electrical boxes for example.
That is a brilliant idea! Yes, the applications of SBW are truly endless.