==== Class 4 : BIO DYES & BIOFABRICS ====
=== LEATHER FRUIT  ===
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  * dewatering

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  * 6 khaki fruits

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  * knife
  * blender
  * parchment paper
  * cooking hob 
  * Hoven

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=== Assignment Project Description ===
**//The students can work in group, identifying tasks and splitting them, as long as they all proof they are able to carry out each task. They can choose to:

    Produce at least one natural dye, modifying it’s colour and mordanting it in different ways to dye at least 2 different categories of fibers.
    Explore dyeing with bacteria of different fibers and bacteria.//**

Make a piece of khaki fruit leather

===Inspirations & References ===
they're often at my grocery store.
I find the color warm and the fruit has a lot of flesh.
[[https://www.lanutrition.fr/bien-dans-son-assiette/aliments/fruits/kaki/les-proprietes-du-kaki|khaki]]

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== 1/Mix the fruit in the blender (cut the fruit into pieces) ==
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== 2/Make sure that the mixture is homogeneous ==

Here the khaki gives an epai mixture and easy to spread

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== 3/Spread the coulis on a baking sheet spread in the oven plate ==

==4/leave leather at 50 degrees for 10 hours ==
The mixture dries out little by little and ends up looking like leather

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==5/There is a darker spot that corresponds to a thicker part of the leaf at a certain point==

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==== Improvements and Challenges ====
The result is a little too thick and needs to be much finer.
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