9. Textile as scaffold

This week we are introduced to the idea of using scaffolding as a way to share textiles. In my case, I created my own design carved in wood using the milking machine.

I must say that in the leather and footwear industry this technique is not new, craftsmen have been using it for a long time. But the innovation here is how we use it using new technologies, taking it to the next level.

Program Outline Week 9

  • Technical Textile applications
  • Composites
  • Biocomposites
  • Crystallization **
  • Fabric formwork & Concrete or Plaster Casting
  • Wood + Textile Composite

Materials

  • Bio Resin and Resin
  • Borax, Rochelle salt, Potasium sodium, Epsom Salt, Sugar.
  • Concrete and Plaster
  • Veneer Wood
  • Fabric
  • White Glue
  • Vacuum bags or vacuum machine

Ideation and Process

Molde1 Dimension and Process The wood stuff measured 300x300 mm in width and 15 mm in height. Prior to creating your negative or positive mold, it's crucial to settle your design and perform a boolean difference in Rhinoceros before take it to the milling machine.

Molde2 Operation of the machine - 3 AXIS ADV. - Horizontal roughing (first huge escavate) - -Make a new tool: Length 90x55, Total 12; Ball mib - Geometric control: Choose the top rectangle Play - Parameters: wood: 18 steps over, 4 steps down - Six feeds and speeds Abs.

Molde3 Characteristics - Depth of the outside cut: 6 - Completion: 40 - Stock: 0.5 to increase the amount of space between lines - Size: 12 m; - Profundidad: 70 - G-code not more than 1mm down (for precaution) - To do parallel finishing and horizontal roughing, stop the machine and change the tool.

Wood and textile composite

Time to molding ur design *Please remember to create some holes in your mold before molding. This will help to avoid have difficulties on the process.

  • Put the leather material on cold water.
  • Then let it rest for 3 min on hot water.
  • Take it out and then put on a good amount of white glue on back part of the leather (make sure to recognize the correct side).
  • Put your mold on the vacuum machine
  • Put the leather on top of your mold
  • Close the open spaces not covered by your material (you can you plastic sheets).
  • Turn on the vacuum
  • Now, mold it with your hands and straighten it until it is wrinkle-free.

Molde4 Molde5

Crystallization

CrystalA Fabricademy presentation with recipes

Sugar Crystals

Recipe 1 cup water 3 cups table sugar (sucrose) Clean glass jar Pencil or butter knife String Pan or bowl for boiling water and making the solution Spoon or stirring rod

Process To create crystals, gather materials, including a seed crystal, tie the string to a pencil or butter knife, and hang it near the bottom of a glass jar. Boil water and stir in sugar, ensuring the solution is saturated. Adjust the string length if necessary. Avoid using a microwave-boiling method and ensure the water is carefully removed to avoid splashing.

Tip from Cecilia: If you add too much sugar, new crystals will grow on the undissolved sugar and not on your string.

Reference: How to grow Sugar Crystal

Salt Crystal

Recipe Table salt - sodium chloride Water Clean clear container Piece of cardboard (optional) String and pencil or butter knife (optional)

Process Stir salt into boiling hot water until crystals appear. Soak cardboard in the solution and dry it in a warm, sunny location. For larger crystals, create a seed crystal. Pour the solution into a clean container, cool, and hang the seed crystal. Place the container in a cool, shaded location and free of vibrations to grow slowly, resulting in a perfect crystal.

Reference: How to grow Salt Crystal Crystal1

Alum Crystal

Recipe Alum Clean beaker or jar Saucer or shallow dish a petri dish works, too. Pencil Fishing line

Process To create a seed crystal, dissolve alum in hot tap water until no more dissolves. Pour the solution into a dish or saucer overnight and observe small crystals growing. Make another saturated alum solution with 1/2 cup of hot water and transfer it to a clean jar. Remove the largest crystal from the saucer and tie a fishing line to it. If the crystal dissolves, add more alum and filter off undissolved particles. Cover the jar with a paper towel and let the crystal grow until it's desired size. Transfer the solution and seed crystal to another clean jar if needed.

Reference: How to grow Gems Crystal

Testing and dyeing crystals

Crystal2 Crystal3 Crystal4

Final Product

Crystal5 Crystal6 Crystal7