LATX - Material Compendium
LATX - Material Compendium is a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural investigation and research initiative focused on traditional techniques involving natural rubber. The project aims to foster connections between various craft communities and other individuals who utilize traditional methods, incorporating natural pigments, textiles, fibers, and other biomaterials. These elements are essential for processes that not only alter the color or appearance of LATX but also enhance its stability, durability, and overall performance. The objective is to compile a comprehensive material compendium that explores, documents, and communicates traditional artisanal methods of latex production across Latin America, Asia, and Europe. Additionally, the overall goal is to translate this ancient knowledge into a contemporary, circular, sustainable and intersectional material.
Natural Rubber
Sustainable Textiles
Natural Pigments
Organic Pigments
Made from organic matter - wood, insects, flowers, roots, bark, seeds, shells but also food waste.
Mineral Pigments
recovered and refined in environmentally friendly processes, these pigments are particularly lightfast.
LATX - Material Compendium
LATX - Material Compendium is intended to contain a collection of techniques and material combinations that originate from craft communities and are intended to inspire industrial production - the aim is to carry out experiments and tests and to find a way to apply these techniques on an industrial scale. These developments are not intended to compete with traditional artisanal crafts, but to make an exclusive material accessible to all, while preserving traditions.
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