A black leather-like swatch with a fine pebbled grain, stapled to a TômTex specification card recording Series M, 0.6 mm thickness, a pebble texture and mushroom charcoal black.
  • The black swatch seen closer against its card, the pebbled grain and stitched edge clear, the card reading “no toxins, no tanning, no plastic, no petrochemicals”.

TômTex fabrics are made from chitosan, a material found in the exoskeletons of shellfish, crustaceans, and mushrooms. The TômTex Series M is a textile made from mushroom chitosan.

Composition

Chitosan (mushroom)

Handling Notes

  • Can replicate various leather textures and colors
  • Experiment with molds and surface treatments

Applications in Craft

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Provenance

TômTex, New York. Acquired 2024.

In Use

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