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The bee’s knees

Jug Bornholms Keramikfabrik, board Andrea Brugi, tool Skagerak and Blindes Arbejde
November 2021

In HÅNDVÆRK bookazine no. 4, which has a plant-based theme, you can read about the pleasure of flowers and the utility of bees, among other issues. In the bookazine, you can also see photos of textile food wraps coated with beeswax.

The bookazine features beeswax food wraps from the socioeconomic Århus-based company Bistad, and from ‘Bevar det vel’ [Preserve It Well].

The founder of ‘Bevar det vel’ is Anne B. Søbjørn, who is a trained conservator-restorer.

For 20 years, she worked with the conservation of museum objects. She explains that apart from paintings, books and mounted animals (taxiderm), she has worked with the full range of materials one finds in a cultural history museum.

In 2019, the conservation workshop where she worked was closed. That became a crossroads and she began to work on waxed textiles for wrapping food. As with everything else, the initial step was product development and then followed production, marketing and sales. And today, her web shop is full of beautiful wraps.

Anne’s food wrap is made of GOTS-certified (Global Organic Textile Standard) cotton, impregnated with a mixture of organic oil and beeswax. The wraps are impregnated, cut and packaged in Denmark.

The food wraps can be used to wrap bread and vegetables, for example (although it is not suited for wrapping raw meat, fish, pineapple and warm or hot food). It is also excellent for covering jars and bowls.

Due to the wax content and the warmth from your hands, the wrap often attaches to itself or to whatever you cover. The waxed cloth is breathable and keeps food fresh by protecting it from condensation and drying out.

And …

The wrap is cleaned with a damp cloth or gently washed in warm water and perhaps a little soap. Dry it with a tea towel or hang it up to dry – do not put it on the radiator! Also, do not put it in the dishwasher or washing machine.
Depending on use, it will last for up to 12 months. If the cloth begins to lose its natural adhesive qualities, you can improve it by squeezing it into a loose ball in your hand and unfolding it again.
When it is worn, it can be composted or used as a fire-lighter.

 

#theplantbasedissue

I HÅNDVÆRK bookazine no. 4 med temaet plantebaseret kan du læse om glæden ved blomster og nytteværdien af bierne, blandt andet. Du vil også i bookazinet støde på billeder af bivokset madklæde.

Beewax food wrap Bistad and Bevar det vel

Der er madklæde fra den socialøkonomiske Århusvirksomhed Bistad, og der er vokset madklæde fra ”Bevar det vel”.

”Bevar det vel” er et alias for Anne B. Søbjørn, hun er uddannet kulturhistorisk konservator.

I 20 år var konservering af museumsgenstande hendes arbejdsfelt. Hun fortæller, at hun ikke har konserveret malerier og bøger og ikke udstoppede dyr, men ellers har haft med alle de materialer at gøre, som et kulturhistorisk museum indeholder.

I 2019 lukkede det konserveringsværksted, hvor hun arbejdede. Det blev en skillevej, og hun begyndte at arbejde med voksbelagte tekstiler til indpakning af fødevarer. Som med alt andet, først produktudvikle, siden producere, markedsføre og sælge, der er hun nu, webbutikken bugner af fine klæder.

Annes madklæde er et stykke GOTS-certificeret bomuldsklæde (Global Organic Textile Standard), imprægneret med en økologisk olie- og bivoksblanding. Klædet er imprægneret, skåret og pakket i Danmark.

Et madklæde kan bruges til indpakning af brød og grøntsager, for eksempel (egner sig ikke til indpakning af råt kød, fisk og ananas og varme madvarer), madklæde fungerer også glimrende til overdækning af krukker og skåle.

På grund af voksen og varmen fra hænderne hæfter klædet til sig selv eller til det, man overdækker.

Det voksede klæde er åndbart og holder madvaren frisk ved at beskytte mod kondens og ved at forsinke udtørring.

Og…Klædet rengøres med en fugtig klud eller vaskes nænsomt med lunkent vand og evt. lidt sæbe. Tør med et viskestykke eller hæng til tørre – brug ikke radiatoren! Kan ikke gå i opvaske- eller vaskemaskinen.
– Kan alt efter brug holde op til 12 mdr. Hvis klædet bliver dårligt til at hæfte undervejs, kan vedhæftningen øges ved at kramme det til en løs kugle og folde det ud igen.
Når det er slidt, komposteres det eller bruges som optændingsblok.

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