Following [Anastasia Pistofidou's lecture](https://class.textile-academy.org/classes/2022-23/week09/) and [Liliam Dooley receipt](https://class.textile-academy.org/2022/liliam-dooley/assignments/week09/), I worked with felt partcles, felt sheets, felt weaving as reinforcements.
Following [Anastasia Pistofidou's lecture](https://class.textile-academy.org/classes/2022-23/week09/), I worked with felt partcles, felt sheets, felt weaving as reinforcements.
Alligned with my purpose I will avoid the use of synthetic resins but I will tests both bioplastic and hypoxic resin as matrix to understand the differences and to compare them in terms of results.
I will create sheets of materials to cut out a handle (if possible) with cnc milling machine or lasercutter machine.
Thanks to the experience of the week dedicated to biomaterials, I can anticipate that more time is needed to dry bioplastic (hypoxic resin need +-12 hours) so I will update the documentation when ready.
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MATRIX PREPARATION
The second step was to prepare the bioresin and the epoxy resin.
I prepared the bioresin first using a bioplastic recipe from
I prepared the bioresin first using a bioplastic recipe from [Liliam Dooley receipt](https://class.textile-academy.org/2022/liliam-dooley/assignments/week09/).
I was pretty sure to obtain a good results with a gelatine base recipe due to the tests made during week06.<br/>
## BIORESIN RECIPE
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=== "ingredients"
* xxx gr
* xxx gr
* xxx gr
* xxx ml
* xxx gr
* 200 gr gelatine (powder)
* 32 gr glycerol
* 2 tablspoons of cinnamon (powder)
* 1 lt tap water
=== "tools"
* xxx gr
* xxx gr
* xxx gr
* xxx ml
* xxx gr
* a large steel pot
* a whisk
* bowls to contain ingredients
* at least 2 table poons
* a scale
* a stove (gas or electric)
=== recipe fishleather and fishskin bio-plastic (food waste)
=== recipe bio-plastic
* measure - measure - measure
* add, combine, mix..
* simmer, cook, boil, freeze, burn, crush...
* mix, smash, stack, overlay..
* cast, pour, press..
* dry, aereate, dehydrate..
* remove, peel, unmold..
* finishing touches
Pour the water into the pot and heat (no more than 60°) . Slowly add the gelatin, always mixing with the hand whisk. Add the glycerol and then the cinnamon. Cook for at least 10 minutes until the solution becomes viscous.
and I immediately brushed it on the reinforcing material.
In the case of the plot, I brushed it front and back, overlapping two layers in the box. in the case of the particles, I soaked them directly in the bioplastic solution, mixing well and then filling the wooden box with them. In the latter case I applied pressure with clamps during the two days of drying. In the case of the plot I tried a vacuum but the bag didn't work.
After its preparation I immediately brushed the bioresin on the reinforcing material because it starts to gelatinize quite quickly.
In the case of the felt weaving, I brushed it front and back, overlapping two layers in the box. In the case of the particles, I soaked them directly in the bioplastic solution, mixing well and then filling the wooden box with them. In the latter case I applied pressure with clamps during the two days of drying. In the case of the felt weaving I tried a vacuum but the bag didn't work :( I suppose the bag wasn't perfectly closed.
