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fabricademy2017:students:angela.barbour:week_04._biofabricating_dyes_materials [2018/05/13 23:48] angelabarbour [*Bioplastic*] |
fabricademy2017:students:angela.barbour:week_04._biofabricating_dyes_materials [2018/05/13 23:54] angelabarbour [Preparing] |
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===== Recipe ===== | ===== Recipe ===== | ||
- | Gelatine powder 48 g | + | * Gelatine powder 48 g |
- | Cold Water 240 ml | + | * Cold Water 240 ml |
- | Glycerol 12g | + | * 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. | 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. | ||
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===== Preparing ===== | ===== Preparing ===== | ||
- | 01. First of all I prepared very well the clean ambient, and the glass surfaces to receive the bioplastic. | + | 01. First of all I prepared very well a clean ambient and glass surfaces to receive the bioplastic. |
02. 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. | 02. 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. | ||
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04. After I poured the liquid over the glass in a thin layer. | 04. After I poured the liquid over the glass in a thin layer. | ||
- | 05. While it was still warm I put some drops of a mixture made with cochineal to tint the bioplastic , put 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. | + | 05. 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. |
- | 06. After that I let it dry from one day to another and pulled them up from the glass and let it dry for one day more hanged in a clean wood surface, changing during the day , the point of hanging, for let it dry regularly. | + | 06. 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. |
- | 07. After three days, the structure as not changing anymore, and the material was very interesting, with a very good aspect and very good to manipulate. | + | 07. 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. | The process can be seen in the video below. |