10. Textile Scaffold

Research

"For this week, I explored alternative scaffolding structures using wood–textile composites and leather molding. Instead of traditional biological scaffolds (alginate, gelatin), I focused on how natural materials—wood fibers, woven textiles, and leather—can be shaped, molded, and bonded to create structural bio-inspired materials.

Why Wood–Textile Composite?

Wood fibers combined with textiles create a lightweight yet rigid composite material. This hybrid material mimics the idea of a “scaffold,” where:

Textile provides flexibility, porosity, and reinforcement

Wood provides structure, stiffness, and natural bonding

Such composites can be used in:

Eco-friendly product design

Moulded surfaces

Wearable structures

Experimental material libraries

Why Leather Molding?

Vegetable-tanned leather becomes soft when wet and hardens as it dries. This behavior allows it to act like a natural biopolymer, creating strong 3D shapes without synthetic resin.

Leather molding connects strongly to scaffold logic:

It forms a temporary soft state

Then dries into a stable organic structure

Maintains shape without synthetic materials

Both processes demonstrate biofabrication methods using natural materials that can be shaped into functional scaffolds.."

References & Inspiration

. Research on wood-based biocomposites

. Leather sculpting and historical armor techniques

. Natural material engineering

. Organic and plant-based composites

inspiration

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QxcCXPZTXts?feature=share

• Image reference

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Links to reference files, PDF, booklets,

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Overview material research outcomes

example from the documentation of Loes Bogers TextileLab Amsterdam 2019-20

Biofoam	Gelatin foil	Bioresin	Biosilicone
Starch Rubber	Biolinoleum	Alginate net	Alginate foil
Alginate string	Agar foil	Bio composite	Reused PLA

Tools

• slides
• sources
• pots, jars...
• spoon, tongs, wisk etc
• molds, textiles, textures, etc

Process and workflow

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Ingredients & Recipes

Prepare this recipe ¹ by collecting the ingredients necessary, to be found in the list below:

=== "ingredients"

    * xxx gr
    * xxx gr
    * xxx gr
    * xxx ml
    * xxx gr

=== "tools"

    * xxx gr
    * xxx gr
    * xxx gr
    * xxx ml
    * xxx gr

=== recipe fishleather and fishskin bio-plastic (food waste)

    * 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

Documenting and comparing experiments

TEST SERIE BIO-PLASTIC

Material pic	Material name	polymer	plastifier	filler	emulsifier
	bio-rainbow	biokelp powder 12 gr	glycerol 100 ml	rainbow dust 1 kg	green soap a drop
	bio-rainbow	biokelp powder 12 gr	glycerol 100 ml	rainbow dust 1 kg	green soap a drop
	bio-rainbow	biokelp powder 12 gr	glycerol 100 ml	rainbow dust 1 kg	green soap a drop
	bio-rainbow	biokelp powder 12 gr	glycerol 100 ml	rainbow dust 1 kg	green soap a drop

RESULTS

Two ways of showcasing and comparing results with images below

On the left an image of a sample made by xxx with xxx. The dye is more xxx. On the right, an image of a sample made by xxx with xxx and xxx. Here the dye is more xxx.

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Recipes

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1. recipe: salmon skin fish-leather ↩