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Materials#

The Node commits to providing the following consumables for each class:

State of the Art

  • No consumables

Digital Bodies

  • Cardboard for laser cutting (2mm to 6mm)
  • White glue
  • Portable scanner or Camera, 3D Scanning app for smartphones
  • Caliper

OS Circular Fashion

  • Variety of synthetic textiles for laser cutting
  • Sealing textiles - synthetic textiles that melt and seal the edges of the cut outs
  • Vegetable tanned leather (chrome tanned leather is toxic when heated)
  • Neoprene
  • Felt, natural, and/or synthetic (preferably PLA or other biodegradable felts)
  • Scuba knit (check for composition that no toxic particle/fumes will be released when heated)
  • 3D fabric with volume

Biochromes

  • Natural fibers (e.g animal and plant-based - cotton, linen, silk, wool etc)
  • Natural dyes (e.g annatto, campeche, turmeric, hibiscus, etc)
  • Alum, tara powder, tannins, soya beans, copper, and iron liquor
  • Na2Co3
  • Citric acid / vinegar
  • Arabic gum
  • Ethanol 96%
  • Ph strips
  • Pots and electric stoves for cooking
  • Kitchen equipment, mixng tools

OPTIONAL:

  • Pigmented bacteria (e.g Janthinobacterium lividum)
  • Nutrient broth and agar
  • Petri dishes

E-textiles

  • Conductive thread and fabrics
  • Resistive fabrics
  • Circuit playground / Arduino / ATtiny / or compatible
  • Soldering tin and iron
  • Cables
  • Resistors
  • Capacitors
  • Velostat
  • Non conductive fabrics
  • Transistors
  • Protoboards
  • LEDs and neopixels stripe
  • Coin cell battery and holder

Bio-fabricating materials

  • Natural dyes (e.g annatto, campeche, turmeric, hibiscus, etc)
  • Food colourants
  • Gelatine
  • Agar agar
  • Alginate
  • Calcium chloride
  • Glycerine
  • Na2Co3
  • Beeswax
  • Citric acid
  • Ph strips
  • SCOBY mothers for kombucha
  • Casting sheets
  • Pots and electric stoves for cooking
  • Kitchen equipment, mixng tools

Computational Couture

  • 3D printing filaments (PLA, Filaflex, TPU,…)
  • Lycra 2-way stretch fabric
  • Other fabrics to experiment

Textile Scaffold - Variety of fabrics for composites - Gelatine - Glycerine - Textile Hardener - Blocks of wood for CNC milling - Alum - Epsom salts - Borax - Table salt,s ugar - Concrete or plaster

OS Hardware

  • The consumables for this class are decided by the local instructor, according to the tools they wish to build in the laboratory.

Wearables - Mini vibration motors - Resistors - Capacitors - ATtiny 45 / 85 - Socket for ATtiny - Transducers - Conductive and resistive threads - Neodymium magnets (small for flip dots, large for speakers) - LEDs, RGB addressable led stripe, optical fibers - Shape memory alloy - Mosfet/TIP transistor - Arduino kits, protoboard, jumper wires and alligator clips - Velostat and conductive tape or fabric - Thermochromic ink - Soldering tin and iron

Soft Robotics - Silicone Smooth-on Ecoflex 30 - 3D printing filaments - Thermo adhesive vinyl / vinyl Flex 90 adhesive / TPU sheets
- Parchment paper - Soft Silicone Hose tubing 4/6mm - 3-6V Mini Air Pump Motor - Power supply - Mosfets transistors - Arduino kits, protoboard, jumper wires and alligator clips - Velostat and conductive tape or fabric - Resistors

Skin electronics - Latex - Circuit Playground - ESP32 - Neopixels - Soldering tin - Fabrics - Conductive ink - Kapton tape - Lithium battery and charger - Golden leaf foil - RFID tags - RFID reader

Implications and Applications

  • Sticky notes, pencils, colored markers, papers

Personal Project Development - Participants need to procure the materials for their final project and the lab also provides materials that are already there.