ZAHRA: EPIDERMIS

London, UK
December 2024

Harnessing ancient armour techniques to protect against the four horsemen of the climate apocalypse Zahra Coulthard crafts leather, the oldest material known to man and a waste product of the meat industry.

There is an urgency to act now to prevent the Last Judement. Disrupting the over-consumptive relationship between humans and clothing, Zahra promotes a leather forever mentatlity. Leather can last for up to 100 years and is biodegradeable if dyed naturally with vegetable dyes, be made naturally waterproof and can act as insect repellent and armour against surveillance capitalism.