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## **Design - Experimental phase III**
In phase three, I focused on creating the final outcome. I experimented with various combinations of binder thickness, jute fiber lengths, and colors to see how they would affect the final product. Additionally, I designed different board thicknesses to explore potential outcomes. I also investigated different techniques for seed placement to determine if they were impacted by the process of crafting biomaterials.
![](../images/PROCESS/jute3.png){ width=500 }
FIBER LENGHTS:
One of my favourite aspects of this project is working with jute fibers to create a variety of material outcomes from a single source. It's exciting to transform this waste material into a valuable resource. I can design both rough, breathable, and porous boards as well as finer, smoother ones.
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<figcaption>Exploring the different fiber lenghts and how those affect material properties</figcaption>
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SEEDING TECHNIQUES:
I also tested different seeding techniques to see if other biomaterial preparation and processing steps affected seed health. I used three techniques:
1. Placing the seeds on top of the wet material and then drying it afterwards
2. Placing the seeds on the dried material
3. Embedding seeds into the material while it's still wet
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![](../images/PROCESS/seeeed.png)
<figcaption>Exploring different seed placements</figcaption>
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SEEDING RESULTS:
After watering the materials for a week and a half and keeping them in the sunlight, the results began to spring. It was really nice to see, that these materials could actually again become a plant.
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The thing about these jute materials is, that fibers can form little voids inside the board, making it porous one and breathable, able to hold the moist and by that, making it a perfect home for plants.
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## **Design - Experimental phase IV - going bigger, creating final materials**
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For the final outcome, I was curious, how much of biomaterial can we get from one bag, or rather, how much material can one jute bag provide. Using the mold available at the FabLab, which dimensions were 40 cm x 40 cm, I used one bag to prepare the biomaterial mass and then pressed it in the hydraulic press to get the board thick 1,5 cm. The width of the boards designed ofcourse depended on the amount of wet biomass, but it was also a little bit badly calibratetd so the thickness was not even all the way. Nonetheless, these materials are not perfect in a way we humans percieve perfection, so that problem was not important from viusal point of view, but rather from post-processing one, where the boards were cut with CNC (further).
### **TOOL No. 1 - HYDRAULLIC PRESS MACHINE**
### **Fabrication tool - Hydraullic press machine**
![](../images/PROCESS/hydr.png){ width=500 }
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