fabricademy2017:students:angela.barbour:week_04._biofabricating_dyes_materials [Textile Academy]

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--- fabricademy2017:students:angela.barbour:week_04._biofabricating_dyes_materials [2018/04/30 05:38]
angelabarbour [*Bioplastic*]
+++ fabricademy2017:students:angela.barbour:week_04._biofabricating_dyes_materials [2018/05/13 23:54]
angelabarbour [Preparing]
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 https://issuu.com/fibrefabrics/docs/fibre-fabrics-digital
+ ===== Recipe =====
+  * Gelatine powder 48 g
+  * Cold Water 240 ml
+  * Glycerol 12g
+Obs. I have much difficulty in buying glycerol , because here in Brazil it is forbidden, and controlled. The only glycerol I could buy was for skin hydration, that is dissolved in water and not pure, so I calculate the correct amount I should insert , that was the double, because it was 50% solution in water in the origin, and discounted the amount of water from the total amount I should put in the original recipe.
+ ===== Preparing =====
+. First of all I prepared very well a clean ambient and  glass surfaces to receive the bioplastic.
+. I dissolve the gelatin powder in cold water, putting first the gelatin in the pan and after the water, stirring with a spoon and adding water until the gelatin dissolved as better as possible.
+. Than I turn on the fire of the cooker and heated the mixture until the solution was clear, or all the gelatine dissolved.
+. After I poured the liquid over the glass in a thin layer.
+. While it was still warm I put some drops of a mixture made with cochineal to tint the bioplastic and over some hibiscus petals, in other sample I put some silk threads, in other some dry petals of flowers , in other some saffron in powder and in the last one I overlapped a plastic net to create a texture.
+. After that I let they dry from one day to another, than pulled them up from the glass and let they dry for one more day, hanged in a clean wood surface, changing during the day , the point of hanging, to let they dry regularly.
+. After three days, the structure was not changing anymore, and the material was very interesting, with a good aspect and very easy to manipulate.
+The process can be seen in the video below.
+ ===== Final Results =====
+{{youtube>pTXsYxGVREs?medium}}