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London-based designer Julia Lohmann thinks dried strips of seaweed could replace leather, paper and plastic to make everyday objects like these laser-cut kelp lampshade[s].
Lohmann used a laser cutting machine to create patterns in pieces of kelp before sewing them together, or stretched them into shape while wet to dry into new forms.
More at: Kelp lampshades by Julia Lohmann, including audio of an interview with Lohmann.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc34aqINOA1qzv12bo1_500.jpg)
London-based designer Julia Lohmann thinks dried strips of seaweed could replace leather, paper and plastic to make everyday objects like these laser-cut kelp lampshade[s].
Lohmann used a laser cutting machine to create patterns in pieces of kelp before sewing them together, or stretched them into shape while wet to dry into new forms.
More at: Kelp lampshades by Julia Lohmann, including audio of an interview with Lohmann.
