What are the areas we want to address?
sustainability
affordable
replicable
income
ecosystem
reuse
profit
promoting education/earth as a place for students or promoting or supporting the use of technology
money for the producers
grow harvest transform and sell
scalable from local markets to international markets
international markets are the goal based on current economy of costa rica (see note)
what are the properties of scaleable projects?
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Materials
1. try retting to extract fibers
2. possibilities:
textiles out of spun fibers - not viable out of rice straw and sugar cane, even after retting and softening
felting composites w/ adhesive for molding - viable
3. FELTING
fibers offer structure that particles do not have when composited. they can be felted and soft as a fabric or hardened with a binder.
percentage of different composite materials - variable create different qualities.
tests: cotton, natural fibers,
adhesive/binder creates different qualities
tests: polyprop, natural materials
new fibers: pineapple, banana, coconut,
how do these take dye? what aesthetic effects can you achieve? can you achieve a composite with steel wool?
2. possibilities:
textiles out of spun fibers - not viable out of rice straw and sugar cane, even after retting and softening
felting composites w/ adhesive for molding - viable
3. FELTING
fibers offer structure that particles do not have when composited. they can be felted and soft as a fabric or hardened with a binder.
percentage of different composite materials - variable create different qualities.
tests: cotton, natural fibers,
adhesive/binder creates different qualities
tests: polyprop, natural materials
new fibers: pineapple, banana, coconut,
how do these take dye? what aesthetic effects can you achieve? can you achieve a composite with steel wool?
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