Human Corpses Used To Make Modern Products

Forget your elegant buckskin or patent leather. Former UK company Human Leather is one up on both of the above. The company claimed to obtain their materials from "people who have bequeathed their skins to us prior to their passing." As the organization's prior Human Leather website put it:

Animal leather products use human skin.Lesser animals produce leather.Our raw human skin makes the finest grade leather using a traditional tanning process. Human leather has the finest grain; it lacks defects and has the smallest grain size, making it the smoothest, softest leather on Earth.

They quickly assured buyers the process iscompletely legal.The sellers are ultra-discriminating: "We had to turn away some potential donors; we accept only the highest quality human skin." No one knows whose skin this is; they cannot legally share donor details.

Shows likeThe Walking DeadThe show introduced creative ways to ward off the dead (like smearing guts to mask scent).Eau de DeathCologne offers a more revolutionary approach. Chemist Raychelle Burks of Doane College in Nebraska shared this idea in the Daily Mail.::

To mimic a corpse, you must perfect the smell. No one wants to test the death cologne and find it fails.

Dr. Burk explains the perfume's chemical makeup:

PPutrescine and cadaverine are the main ingredients. These emerge early in the decay process.Both organic compounds form from breaking down amino acids in living and dead things; they are toxic in large amounts.They cause the foul smell of rotting flesh and bad breath. They also appear in semen.Methanethiol, which smells like rotten eggs, gets added to the perfume to create its bad scent.

The fountain of youth might come from the dead. The Guardian reports this.theGuardianA Chinese company develops cosmetics from the remains of prisoners—those who died naturally or by execution—to sell in Europe. Your next collagen treatment or filler might use this prisoners' fat.

Though this news caused an outcry, the firm's agents claim only "some" products reached the UK and that the whole situation is nothing to "make such a big fuss about."

London-based company Bompas & Parr might be the top expert in multi-sensory experience design because itswebsite statesBompas & Parr made "Occult Jam" in 2010, claiming it held some of Princess Diana's hair.

No, the hair did not come from the Princess's remains. Co-founder Sam Bompas claims he bought them on eBay.CNN reports this."What started as art became a product with big retailers," states the source.

Bioengineers at the University of Manchester use this logic: donate deceased skin to those who need it.University of Manchester.Researchers found skin from cadavers works better for healing than living tissue.This skin is more effective.Flesh, after antibiotic decontamination, helps treat burns and ulcers.

Head researcher Ardeshir Bayat studies this.Ardeshir Bayat.Bayat explains how "..."Decellularized dermis offers a scaffold. The body can then fill it with its own cells. This makes using these cells simpler than making them from scratch.

Hollywood acts like a meat market, consuming young people. Macabre start-up BiteLabs takes this idea further.BiteLabs.In 2014, the organization tried to get celebrities to donate tissue for "specialty meats." The website shows the process.

They isolate muscle stem cells to grow celebrity meat in their bioreactors. Following Italian cured meat tradition, they dry, age, and spice the product into fine charcuterie.

Company spokespeople say...They insist this is not a hoax.They show a dark sense of humor. For instance, the website describes the proposed James Franco salami:

[It] needs smoky, sexy, and smooth qualities. Tellicherry peppercorns and caramelized onions give Franco's flavors. A hint of lavender completes it. The Franco salami tastes arrogant, unique, and undeniable.

Gelatin is a popular food ingredient, which troubles those against animal products. Researchers at Beijing University's College of Life Science and Technology have a controversial idea that might surprise vegans.Engadget.They are pioneering a new way to make gelatin.Soylent Green.This method revolutionizes gelatin production.

The plan involves taking "human genes [and inserting them] into yeast [to produce] gelatin with adjustable traits."

The word "features" brings up disturbing images of human parts set in Cherry Jell-O. This new method also cuts the risk of diseases like Mad Cow, which might live in the bones and cartilage that gelatin uses.

Diamonds made from loved ones' cremains present a poetic tribute. The Chicago-area LifeGem company offers this service.LifeGemLifeGem is one company offering this new service. Their website states:

From just 8 ounces (200 grams) of cremated remains, we pull enough carbon to make multiple diamonds. Families get the diamonds they want. The company keeps any leftover carbon for the family after the order. This protects LifeGem diamonds if they get lost or stolen.

This is a novel idea with many variations. A company based in Arlington, Vermont, handles this.Cremation SolutionsCremation SolutionsThey also offer crystals that look like peridot, citrine, aquamarine, onyx, jade, and chocolate diamonds.

Andrew Krasnow may lack the creativity of Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. Yet, the US artist makes a splash with his human skin art and sculptures. He has crafted these for 20 years. Krasnow showed his first exhibit in London's GV Art Gallery in 2009.Silence of the LambsUS artist Andrew Krasnow creates human skin art and sculptures. He has done this for 20 years. In 2009, Krasnow had his first show at London's GV Art Gallery.

Krasnow explains all his skins come from bodies donated to medical science. The Independent reports this.The IndependentKrasnow's work is not just shock art. It comments on human cruelty.

Using pieces of actual bodies in photo albums makes sense. People routinely save baby teeth and hair in scrapbooks. That is the logic.Vermont-based artist Linda Jones applies this logic to her abstract art.Linda Jones showed her work at Burlington's Firehouse Gallery.Burlington's Firehouse GalleryThe exhibit reportedly showed X-rays, stitches from real surgery, and human teeth, hair, and flesh preserved in formaldehyde.

The work is not Frankenstein-grotesque. It is deeply personal. Jones claims the medical waste is "from procedures treating her and her family." She adds that "injuries and sickness are major events that affect people in profound ways."

In China, the deceased's hair is a tradition, not a novelty. Rumor suggests the Miao people in Suojia village, Liupanshui City, Guizhou province, use wigs made from the hair of the dead.the Daily Mail explainsDaily Mailexplainsit:

EA wig passes from mother to daughter. It includes not just yarn and twine; it also has hair from a line of female ancestors. Owners claim these headdresses date back hundreds of years.

People routinely harvest this hair by combing and brushing. Women participate in this custom more often.