9. Textile Scaffold¶

INSPIRATION¶

Islam Ibada sculptor, born in Egypt in 1977. Ibada graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University Sculpture Department, in 2000. Ever since then, he has been working as a professor at the sculpture department, and he has several practices in the sculpture and installation fields. In his work, Ibada depends on multiple mediums, trying to add conceptual dimensions. He is interested in presenting futuristic forms of the animal element, constantly trying to enable animals to stand up to human invasions of their environment. Ibada’s work combines the aesthetics of minimalism.

My inspiration here is Islam Ibada He was my professor at the university; he taught me everything. He is the best inspiration for my career.

link for this exhibition for him

You can find more work for Islam Ibada is here

SOME OF MY WORK¶

Some of my work is from resin and fiberglass. Maybe it is related to this assignment. In some parts, I put metal, sometimes plastic. It depends on how strong I need it. In this project, I use polystyrene and then cover it with resin and fiberglass. Then, for the strong parts, I need it. I put in iron wires to hold it well.

This work, which is 9 meters by 5 meters, is the biggest project I was working on.

Some of it is made from recycled material that I put inside many things that are used as sculptures, like waste or trash, big plastic pieces that I connected together, then I put some layers of resin and fiber glass.

In this cow, I was really having fun. When I was making it, I played with it. I was seated on it when I was polishing it, and then I enjoyed putting some colorful threads on it.

CRYSTALLIZATION¶

In order to grow crystals in the lab, you have to make a super-saturated solution. We used water, alum through evaporation, vinegar, and mineral sources like limestone through carbonation.

LIMESTONE + VINEGAR¶

I try here a different type of crystallization, it is with vinegar and limestone. I hope if it will grow on the top of my limestone sculptures, maybe it will be a nice experiment. After 24 hours, we have the crystals vinegar crystals

You can enjoy all types of crystallization; really, you will have fun enjoy

Prepare your things to crystallize.

Make some holes in the shells.

Make some holes for the thread that you will hold the crystals with and holes in the structure from waste acrylic material.

These are my final things to crystallize: cotton threads, PLA old prints, metal objects, a piece of kombucha, copper rings, cotton fibers, shells, and a feather.

WORKFLOW:¶

We start here by boiling 1000 ml of water.
We need 400 g of alum to be dissolved.
Then put the boiling water in the pot.
Then with a coffee filter, we filtered the solution inside the glass jar.
We should prepare something to put inside the jar without attaching the walls or the bottom.
Without touch each other.

These are some of the results after 2 days:

The feather crystallized completely.
The cotton fibers are full of big crystals.
The rings in the metal don't allow crystals to grow; they grow mostly on the thread.

Kombucha came stiff because of the crystals.

FINAL THINGS¶

SCULPTURE CRYSTALLIZATION¶

I try on the red peech wood. This is my cow sculpture. After 24 hours, this is the crystallization piece done!

We used alum and the recipe is the same as above

We start here by boiling 1000 ml of water.
We need 400 g of alum to be dissolved.
Then put the boiling water in the pot.
Then with a coffee filter, we filtered the solution inside the glass jar.
We should prepare something to put inside the jar without attaching the walls or the bottom.
Without touch each other.

BIOCOMPOSITES - PAPER MAKING¶

Here we have the mother root:

We put 400 ml of water in the blender with 150 g of madder root.
Then we added 50 grams of starch.
And some paper sheets and tissues as cellulose fibers.
We mixed it well in the blender for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile we used the embroidery hoop as a frame for casting.
Then I have used the mold soft robotics week
I put some of the mixture in the frame and removed the extra waster from it with a sponge.
We flipped the paper composite on a cotton fabric for drying all night.

We use the mold from Soft Robotics you can see process of make the mold.

We had some leftover paper pulp and decided to cast it into a 3d silicone mold that was in the lab. after 24h of drying in the sun that is the result.

CNC MILLING - MOLD DESIGN¶

Workflow for the 3D shapes in fusion 360 :

Choose the top face to draw in it.
Draw the 2D sketches in many organic shapes with fusion
Draw a 300 mm circle.
Draw a line in the middle of the circle.
Mirror everything of the shapes to have same things each side.
Then finish the 2D sketch in fusion.
Go to solid menu to extrude the shapes you have.
Select the second tool in the tools bar "extrude"
Then put the thickness you want "I put here 27 mm less than 30 mm. the thickness of the wood piece we have it in the lab.
Finally you can select enter and now you have many 3D shape with simple tools.
Select the circle I draw it at beginning.
Then I extrude the circle for 6 mm.
Then select the extruded shapes we have and apply the fillet to both of them.
Shapes are now combined together in a single body.
Finally Export the body as STL file for 3D printing or CNC milling.

CNC¶

With Boss Ismail in the lab, we study many things about CNC milling machines. First, we learn about the CNC SHOPBOT. The tools and the differences between the bits, the collet, diameters, flutes and materials for different operations. 2D and 3D Milling. And about the software that helps in manufacturing the design for the CNC milling: V Carve.

Some resources for the CNC machine:

FUSION CAM¶

This is FUSION CAM, since I used Fusion for the 3d Modelling, I also used this software to create the code for the CNC machine

We use this software in the CNC machine, which helps us read it as a manufacturing design to make it in the machine in the lab. Like we put the milling tool, we use it here for a milling bit with a street edge of 3 flutes.

In order to create the job, you need to specify the milling bit, the flutes, diameter and the size of your stock and 3d model

V - CARVE ¶

Another piece of software that helps you manage your design in ShopBot makes manufacturing easy, like you put

The job size, width, height, and thickness.
The z-zero position.
The x and y positions.
The kind of cut pocket and profile.
2D and 3D models.

After some practice with the software I was able to create the right toolpaths for my model: roughing, finishing and profiling with tabs to remove it easily from the wooden board

some notes from the CNC class

We have two kinds of bits for the CNC in the lab:

Drilling bits and endmills (for 2D and 3D milling + the compression mill).

The parts of the tools are:

Numbers of flutes.
The shank diameters.
Cut diameter.

MANUAL ROUTER¶

This is many kinds of bits for the manual router. It is the same concept as a CNC machine, but it is a manual tool for the edge or the corners to make frame fillet. There are many kinds of woodworking types.

Then we have this model to mill it!

THE BIT¶

Here, I change the bit first. I put the two keys together, one on top and one under, and then it is approximately clockwise.

Then remove the bit and put in the new one.

Tighten it a little bit with your hands, then with the keys.

We remove the four tabs with the multitool, and then we have the 3D model ready!

CNC mold by shahed_j on Sketchfab

MOLD¶

Here we make the mold from plaster; the mold takes 30' to be ready!

You need to apply a coat of soap to your mold to protect the original piece you have.
First we have the water and the plaster.
You need a cup.
The ratio for the plaster is 1:1.
Put the water first half the cup
Then we put the plaster in until it is saturated and it is on top without getting more plaster inside.
Just mix them with a stick, then cast your gypsum.
It will be ready after 15'.
Open your mold when it is ready.

CASTING¶

here: how many layers of resin and fibers you did? how long did it take to make it?

FIBERGLASS AND RESIN¶

Here I do the fiber glass and polyester resin:

First we need the cream or Vaseline to make a coat between the mold and the cast.
Then we need a cup to put 100 g of polyester resin in.
You need 1 gram of hardener for these ingredients.
Then we need to mix the things, then we have ready polyester resin to paint it with one layer of resin, then we put one or two layers of fiberglass and Another layer of resin with the brush.
Then just put on one layer of paint, and then it's ready for two layers of resin and one of fibers.
Needs one day, in the sun, it will be ready.

KOMBUCHA¶

I put the kombucha leather from the biofabrication materials week to dry on it for 2 days in the sun. After 48h the kombucha leather took the shape of the mold and became a bit rigid