Eri Silk is made from the broken cocoons of silkworms, a process that aligns with the principle of ahimsa, meaning non-violence. This silk is harvested without killing the silkworms, making it a ...

If fluorescent green silk becomes the next fashion trend, Hajime Mori and his colleagues at the Kyoto Institute of Technology have it made ... of the chains of the silkworm fibroin gene, the ...

This method allows the extraction of silk without killing the silkworms. Usually ... This approach aims to make modern clothing vibrant and appealing while maintaining an eco-friendly ethos ...

They make silk by hand in a tedious, 30-step process. Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly yellow cocoons. And turning those cocoons into silk is even more ...

One day in late May, the Tomioka Silk Mill was bustling with ... collected at the old mill were placed, the silkworms headed for their meal and made "pitter-patter" noises as they munched the ...