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Hi, I'm Andrea Valentini, female founder, artist, designer, inventor and vegan enthusiast with an appetite for travel, healthy living and spontaneity. Over the past 20 years, I've been experimenting with advance material innovations to develop sustainably conscious textiles for my brand; AV Bags and Home Furnishings.

My latest textile is a vegan alternative that is free of solvents, petroleum and rubber. It's a plant based derivative from skins which are processed into a formula referred to as a bio leather. While there are many plant based bio leathers available to consider, I discovered the Nopal Cactus Plant, found in Mexico to be the most resilient, luxurious and softest option to work with in my molding process.

If you are inspired by the environment, don't compromise it with toxic chemicals, off gases or cruelty to animals.

"Take Me With You!... I'm Cactus Leather"