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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 ambientand the glass surfaces to receive the bioplastic.+01. First of all I prepared very well 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.