TEXTILE AS A SCAFFOL

CRYSTALLIZATION

Crystallization is the solidification of atoms or molecules into a highly structured form, called a crystal.There are many differebt ways ways by which crystals form, precipitating from a solution, freezing, or deposition directly from a gas.
We have created ours by precipitation, which means the creation of the solid, crystal, from a solution.

For this exercise, I had two different inspirations, one more structured and the other one more organic. In both of them, I followed the process of crystallization by alum detailed on this website

CRYSTAL LAMP

Mixing the Nordic design of the 70's lamps, with the incredible and inspiring work of Karlijn Sibbel and the old glass lamp that my grandmother had in the living room, I developed this small project that is still cooking.

Setep by step

• Draw in Rhino the wooden structure that will hold the ropes
• Draw in Rhino the felt washers that will join the ropes beteewn them I added this element later because Anastassia's advice. Initially the ropes hung from the structure without any union between them. The washers are intended to help create a base for the crystals to form a structure when formed. You can download the files if you are interest in do it yourself.
• Cut the DM in the laser cutter for the structure and the felt washers.
• Weave the ropes in the structure joining them with the washers
• Carry out the crystallization process. Because the size of the lamp, we will need more than 3 kilos of Alum and a bucket big enough to fit it comfortably.
• After letting the lamp in the solution for 24 hours, it will be necessary to submerge it in a new solution with more Alum, so the crystal seeds can grow.

Because of the size of the lamp, a large amount of Alum is needed to cover the entire surface with crystals. This is why it is still in the making process

TEST ON MATERIALS

I wanted to try to grow crystals in different materials in search of organic textures. As I am a lover of the interaction of wool felted with silk, I wanted to investigate in that direction.

Setep by step

• Felting wool is the first step. I made samples combining wool with different materials such as tulle, cotton rope, silk and even a plastic tovo.
• To felting.
  • Put a piece of plastic balls on the table.
  • Place the silk, tulle or fabric that you are going to use as a base and carded wool on top of it.If you do not use base fabric, place the pieces of carded wool directly.
  • Splash with warm water.
  • Place your wet hands with soap on the wool, and move them little by little without lifting them.
  • When the wool begins to felt, move your hands in all directions, felt on both sides. Finally throw strongly the felt several times on the table, so the fibers are tightened between them.
  • Finally wash to extract the soap
• Carry out the crystallization process.

I was looking to make small crystals that covered the surface of the materials. Instead of that, I got large crystals focused on certain areas of the materials. I still don't know why this happened. My theories are, the alum solution was very saturated or because of the way the materials were placed in the bucket. Soon I would like to try the same materials disposed in a different ways on the solution and make that, a less saturated one.

Before and after of the materials I try with

Don't be so rough neither lazy. Self care it's important!

• Put on gloves when handling the alum or the materials impregnated with its solution. Also when you are cleaning the already crystallized materials
• Do not touch your eyes with your hands, even if they wear gloves, if they have touched the alum
• Open the window when you perform the crystallization process
• Do not breathe directly the vapor of the alum solution.

I have to confess that I didn't do any of them, that's why I strongly warn you. I had red eyes, itchy skin and face, coughing when I was breathing near the alum and my hands like sandpaper.

FORM WORK WITH FABRIC

The magic of freezing the gesture
Transform the flexible and dynamic into rigid

3D Wasp | Thomas Bagnoli | Odami team

michael Fohring | Walter jack | Stephanie Bashir

Basant

Setep by step

• Spend a day in the workshop building your frames.
• Play with ropes, objects and fabrics with different characteristics to form what will contain the concrete or plaster. Don't forget that concrete weighs a lot, use threads that can withstand that pressure To fasten the fabric in the frame, you can use special wooden pins or the stapler gun.
• Mix the plaster or concrete with water.
• Pour it into the container we have built with the fabrics. I used cement, quick cement and plaster.

Quick cement must be poured into the container quickly before it dries. Before it is completely dry, the mixture can be recovered by adding a little water and mixing thoroughly. Keep in mind pouring a good amount so that it is thick enough not to split when unmolding.
- Let dry, when ready, unmold. Each material takes a different time to dry - If you want to polish and varnish

The four formworks I did

Quick concrete

Plaster

Concrete

Concrete
Inspiration!!!

MOULDING WITH THE MILLING MACHINE

Due to a problem with my computer, I couldn't cut my mold with the mill machine. I decided to design a new one that suits my final project to learn the process. Although I have not cut it, I leave here the file you create.

COMPOSITE

This idea I couln't develop because the time, but perhaps it retakes it in the final project. I wanted to crush leftover material from Eurecat and make composite mixing it with recycled plastic bottles cut it as a pellet and heated.

Micaella Pedros

Jorge Penadés

Inspired by the remains of knit fabric that remain on the ground after the demonstration of how works knitting machines in Eurecat and with this reference that I found on the internet I had the idea of create a composite combining bothe materials. The idea was to encapsulate the point in the plastic. I wanted to try crushing and without crushing. As a week is little time to try everything, the idea remained in the pipeline.

ANASTASIA RHINO TUTORIAL

This is the file you create during the Anastasia tutorial. In it you can find the instructions to follow and learn the application of several tools.

KNITTING MACHINE AT EURECAT

The way to invent and create the textile was by observing nature.

NON-WOVEN FABRICS, chaotic structures compacting fibers with thermal or chemical methods, bags, cloths CALADA FABRIC, as palm tree bark fibers are woven. Structure that gives flexibility KNITTED FABRIC, structure that is not found in nature has remains until 3000 back. First knitting machine 1589. this would depend on the type of material, the humidity of the space where it is woven, the color of the fabric that is, the dye they have different elesticity

The difference between the two is the elasticity that the structure provides. The draft has the threads stretched to the maximum so they do not yield. The point to be created by creating loops with the thread

First knitting machine by William Lee

Two different kinds of knit fabric

Fabric stitches

GALGA, Parameter that defines the thickness of a fabric, related to the thickness of the thread. the diameter of the hook defines it to us, it is measured in numbers 7 needles = 1 inch gauge 7 12 needles = 1 inch gauge 12 It is measured by its arrangement in a standard machine manner