SCOBY is the bacterial-yeast culture that makes the drink Kombucha. This bacterial-yeast culture produces nanofibers of pure cellulose as a by-product. They stick together into (white) layers, creating a skin on the surface of the liquid.
After drying, the cellulose can be used as leather or paper, depending on the growing time.
I experimented with coloring the material with natural dyes that I obtained from plants.
I experiment with screen printing on the material with natural screen printing inks.
In collaboration with a tattoo artist, I did an experiment in which we tattooed on the SCOBY/bacterial cellulose.
The SCOBY cellulose is produces by microbes, that are visible under the microscope.
The cellulose grows on top of the Kombucha liquid and forms a skin-like layer.