Green Blade; banana trunk veneer

by: Mirjam Visser, 2011-05-17 10:17:43 UTC
Sustainability Aspects: After the bananatrees stopped giving banana's the trunks can be made in veneer.

Green blade used in tableware

Green Blade, a natural, handmade, decorative veneer, composed of 100 % banana fibres.
As a product of integrated farming, the trunks of banana plants are cultivated and transformed in Martinique.

Thanks to know-how and a process of sustainable development, FibandCo offers a unique, supple and translucent product in a collection of various colours and patterns.

Thickness

  • Simple fold ultra supple | between 0,004 inches and 0,006 inches
  • Simple fold supple | between 0,006 inches and 0,01 inches
  • Double fold | between 0,01 inches and 0,014 inches
  • Double fold pattern | Patterns assembled on sheet, between 0,010 inches and 0,014 inches

Sheet dimensions upto 51 inches x 138 inches

Applications

  • Interior fittings
  • Furnishings
  • Decoration
    …and any other project of your creative inspiration.

It is also used by Pigment France in a high end tableware collection.

Designer: Pigment France
Manufacturer: FibandCo
Category: MAterial, sustainable
Websites: www.fibandco.com, www.pigmentfrance.com/collection.php

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High end use by Pigment France

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