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Designer makes bras and egg cups from human hair

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

05:14 12 Jun 2018


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These designs are pretty hair-raising!

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The average human loses a lot of hair every day - between 50 and 100 strands.

If you've long hair, you'll notice these hairs everywhere - on your bedroom floor, on your clothes, clogging up your shower drain, in your car, and sometimes even on other people!

A design student in the UK thinks binning these strands is a waste and is weaving them together to create a range of items - including a bra, a skipping rope and shoe laces.

Lydia Hunt, a final year student at Goldsmiths in London, was inspired after discovering a pair of her grandmother's 70 year old plaits.

She then designed and made a spindle to create a tea cosy using her granny’s hair.

Speaking to the Metro, the 22 year old said she wants to "revitalise our everyday discarded hair" and make use of it in a "meaningful way:

"The formula is intended to show people what they could make with the hair they lose on a daily basis. For example, in May of this year, I carded 987cm of hair which is enough to make an egg cup."

Would you wear or eat out of one of these designs?!

Cover image and images in post via www.metro.co.uk


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