Discovering Fibres: Natural and Synthetic

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Discovering Fibres: Natural and Synthetic

General Information

TEXTILES AND THE ENVIRONMENT - from Instyle Contract Textiles pdf Brochure (37.9kB)

Fibres and Textiles - from Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation, Deakin University

Natural fibres: Ancient fabrics, modern geotextiles - from 2009 International Year of Natural Fibres

Hairs - microscope images from Molecular Expressions, Florida State University

Fibers - microscope images from Molecular Expressions, Florida State University

Yarn - from How Products are Made

Plant and animal fibres - from Fibre to Fashion

Animal fibres - from Wild Fibres, good source of images

Fibres

Natural Fibres
- Organic
  - Plant
    - Abaca
    - Bamboo
    - Coir
    - Cotton
    - Flax
    - Hemp
    - Jute
    - Kapok
    - Kenaf
    - Ramie
    - Sisal
    - Wood
  - Animal
    - Vertebrate
      Alpaca
      Angora & other rabbit fibres
      Camel
      Cashmere
      Llama
      Mohair
      Wool
      Yak
    - Invertebrate
      Silk
      Spider silk
- Inorganic
  - Asbestos

Synthetic fibres

From organic material

From inorganic material

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