* Week 09 was launched with an inspiring [lecture](https://vimeo.com/884482987/19445dc258?share=copy) from [Lily Chambers](https://www.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/de/user/8555) & [Adriana Cabrera](https://www.europeaninnovationarea.eu/speaker/adriana-cabrera/).
I have started this week by doing a lot of inspiration researchs, combining **inflatable structures**, the **visual aesthetic of cells**, and **aerial pressure sensations**.
These references are available in a open Miro board with other weeks inspirations : [INSPIRATIONS](https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVNTUcNZA=/?
share_link_id=900333796650)
Week 09 was launched with an inspiring [lecture](https://vimeo.com/884482987/19445dc258?share=copy) from [Lily Chambers](https://www.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/de/user/8555) & [Adriana Cabrera](https://www.europeaninnovationarea.eu/speaker/adriana-cabrera/).
I have started this week by doing a lot of inspiration researchs, combining **inflatable structures**, the **visual aesthetic of cells**, and **aerial pressure sensations**.
Then I wanted to explore a bit the reaction of **thin plastic layers with laser cutting & engraving**, by adapting my maps vectors already drawn during [week 07](https://class.textile-academy.org/2024/charlotte-jacob/assignments/week07/).
*Then I wanted to explore a bit the reaction of **thin plastic layers with laser cutting & engraving**, by adapting my maps vectors already drawn during [week 07](https://class.textile-academy.org/2024/charlotte-jacob/assignments/week07/).
The idea was to superpose 2 layers of plastic foils to assemble it by laser.
I started by some **matrixes of test**, like with other materials.
And I tough that it was not working so great (laser is shrinking a lot the materials) even if some parameters were assembling the layers.
The aesthetic was not sharp, and it was smelling a lot during the laser process.
<figcaption>Maps adaptated on Illustrator for inflatable structures</figcaption>
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I didn’t take time at this moment to complete my trials with a larger scale test, and **switched later to a stitching solution**, inpired by some map embroideries I did for my final project.
I have continued this exploration of week 09 while I was on vacation in Japan after the Fabricademy rush period for final project.
I went to the great shop [Tokyu Hands](https://info.hands.net/en/list/shibuya/) in Shibuya, Tokyo and found some nice coupons of plastic foils in transparent and black, as well as some plastic tubes with different diameters.
I tooked my embroidery kit in Japan and used it, as well as the maps drawn previously, to test the **stiching of plastic foils**.
I like this first result and think I will **continue this manual exploration around plastic foils & colored yarns**.
