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Bio-sequin panel worn on the body
Bio Sequins
Iridescence without plastic — sequins grown from fish scales
 Fish-scale leather swatch
Scale Leather
A supple, tannable skin from marine by-product
 Hand lifting a sheet of fish-scale paper
Scale Paper
Translucent sheets that carry the memory of the shore
 Perforated scale composite panels
Scale Composites
Rigid structural panels pressed from scale and binder
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“The discarded becomes a resource — carrying memory, potential, livelihood.”
POULAMI SAHA — FRAGMENTS FROM A SHRINKING SHORE, 2024–PRESENT
ABOUT
A material-led response to ocean microplastic pollution — transforming fish scales, a widely discarded marine by-product, into biomaterials for a climate-conscious textile future.
Rooted in the fishing communities of Bengal and developed in London, the practice treats waste as a design brief: every material begins at the market stall and ends as sequin, leather, paper or composite.
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Fish market, source of discarded scales
MATERIAL LIBRARY
Swatches, recipes and process notes across all four materials
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PROCESS
From market stall to material — how the scales are cleaned, treated and formed
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Open to collaborations, commissions & exhibitions.
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