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UK designer creates sunglasses from waste denim with custom assembly tool

2020-07-20 11 Dailymotion

In a bid to tackle fast fashion and the problems that come with it designers have been leaning towards upcycling and reusing materials.<br /><br />Jack Spencer from Cornwall, UK has developed a product that fashions discarded denim into sunglasses with the help of a tool he has developed production has never been easier.<br /><br />Footage shows the manufacturing process of how the accessory is produced using the newly developed tool Spencer has spent some time making.<br /><br />Spencer told Newsflare: "I infuse waste denim with resin and press the wet layers together until they dry. <br /><br />"I then handcraft this material - like Micarta - into sunglasses with brass details. <br /><br />"I carry out the whole process in Cornwall, England and it takes two weeks. <br /><br />"I’ve made hundreds of prototypes over nine years to learn how to do it. <br /><br />"I have started a company called 'Mosevic,' which is my middle name and I make different styles of sunglasses in blue or black denim, with polarized or prescription lenses. <br /><br />"I have spent the last few months building a custom assembly tool to accurately assemble the metal parts in place. <br /><br />"It makes my life much easier!"

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