fabricademy2017:students:cristina.olivotto:week_4 [Textile Academy]

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-**MATERIAL**: We chose to use **hibiscus dried flowers **and **curcuma powder **to produce violet and yellow dyes. We had a variety of natural animal (**wool**, **silk**) and vegetal (**cotton**) tissues to test. Where to buy material?
+**MATERIAL**: We chose to use **hibiscus dried flowers **and **curcuma powder **to produce violet and yellow dyes. We had a variety of natural animal (**wool**, **silk**) and vegetal (**cotton**) tissues to test.
-   * hibiscus: herbalist's shop
+Where to buy material?
+  * hibiscus: herbalist's shop
   * curcuma: supermarket
   * alum (mordant): pharmacy
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 **PROCESS**: Plese refer to the link above for the recipes and the detailed instructions. To summarize, the steps of the process are the following
-  * Miix the cold water and the gelatin powder in the pan without heating
+  * Mix the cold water and the gelatin powder in the pan without heating
   * Heat the preparation while stirring slowly so that there are no lumps
   * Once the preparation has become liquid and homogeneous add the glycerin into the mixture
-  * Pour your mixture into the mold or the prepared surface.
+  * Pour your mixture into the mold or the prepared surface
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   * pour a thin layer of the gelatin mix into the mold before adding the material that you want to incorporate and then cover it completely. This will ensure a homogenous external layer of bioplastic
-  * **NOTES**:
+**NOTES**:
   * we didn't have much foam as expected from the Clara Davis' instructions.
   * use a plastic or glass mold (no paper)
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-**RESULTS**: We obtained beautiful semispheres and other shapes with grains and hydrogel that could used for expos and decorations. We are especially happy with the saffron mix because of its texture and color.
+**RESULTS**: We obtained beautiful semispheres and other shapes with grains and hydrogel that could be used for expos and decorations. We are especially happy with the saffron mix because of its texture and color.
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-**ISSUES:**  as we didn't have enough gelatin powder, we decided to replace it with starch but we ended up with a whitish soft plastic that we didn't like at all. It might well be that we added too much starch but in the end we bough more gelatin powder to continue the testing.
+**ISSUES:**  as we didn't have enough gelatin powder, we decided to replace it with starch but we ended up with a whitish soft gel that we didn't like at all. It might well be that we added too much starch but in the end we bought more gelatin powder to continue the testing.
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-**NOTES**: we would like to experiment with laser cut laces structures and pour a think layer of gelatin mix on it to produce flexible but solid bioplastic sheets.
+**NOTES**: we would like to experiment with laser cut laces structures and pour a thick layer of gelatin mix on it to produce flexible but solid bioplastic sheets.