Materials#
The Node commits to providing the following consumables for each class:
State of the Art
- No consumables
Digital Bodies
- Cardboard for laser cutting (2mm to 6mm)
- White glue
- Portable scanner or Camera, 3D Scanning app for smartphones
- Caliper
OS Circular Fashion
- Variety of synthetic textiles for laser cutting
- Sealing textiles - synthetic textiles that melt and seal the edges of the cut outs
- Vegetable tanned leather (chrome tanned leather is toxic when heated)
- Neoprene
- Felt, natural, and/or synthetic (preferably PLA or other biodegradable felts)
- Scuba knit (check for composition that no toxic particle/fumes will be released when heated)
- 3D fabric with volume
Biochromes
- Natural fibers (e.g animal and plant-based - cotton, linen, silk, wool etc)
- Natural dyes (e.g annatto, campeche, turmeric, hibiscus, etc)
- Alum, tara powder, tannins, soya beans, copper, and iron liquor
- Na2Co3
- Citric acid / vinegar
- Arabic gum
- Ethanol 96%
- Ph strips
- Pots and electric stoves for cooking
- Kitchen equipment, mixng tools
OPTIONAL:
- Pigmented bacteria (e.g Janthinobacterium lividum)
- Nutrient broth and agar
- Petri dishes
E-textiles
- Conductive thread and fabrics
- Resistive fabrics
- Circuit playground / Arduino / ATtiny / or compatible
- Soldering tin and iron
- Cables
- Resistors
- Capacitors
- Velostat
- Non conductive fabrics
- Transistors
- Protoboards
- LEDs and neopixels stripe
- Coin cell battery and holder
Bio-fabricating materials
- Natural dyes (e.g annatto, campeche, turmeric, hibiscus, etc)
- Food colourants
- Gelatine
- Agar agar
- Alginate
- Calcium chloride
- Glycerine
- Na2Co3
- Beeswax
- Citric acid
- Ph strips
- SCOBY mothers for kombucha
- Casting sheets
- Pots and electric stoves for cooking
- Kitchen equipment, mixng tools
Computational Couture
- 3D printing filaments (PLA, Filaflex, TPU,…)
- Lycra 2-way stretch fabric
- Other fabrics to experiment
Textile Scaffold - Variety of fabrics for composites - Gelatine - Glycerine - Textile Hardener - Blocks of wood for CNC milling - Alum - Epsom salts - Borax - Table salt,s ugar - Concrete or plaster
OS Hardware
- The consumables for this class are decided by the local instructor, according to the tools they wish to build in the laboratory.
Wearables - Mini vibration motors - Resistors - Capacitors - ATtiny 45 / 85 - Socket for ATtiny - Transducers - Conductive and resistive threads - Neodymium magnets (small for flip dots, large for speakers) - LEDs, RGB addressable led stripe, optical fibers - Shape memory alloy - Mosfet/TIP transistor - Arduino kits, protoboard, jumper wires and alligator clips - Velostat and conductive tape or fabric - Thermochromic ink - Soldering tin and iron
Soft Robotics
- Silicone Smooth-on Ecoflex 30
- 3D printing filaments
- Thermo adhesive vinyl / vinyl Flex 90 adhesive / TPU sheets
- Parchment paper
- Soft Silicone Hose tubing 4/6mm
- 3-6V Mini Air Pump Motor
- Power supply
- Mosfets transistors
- Arduino kits, protoboard, jumper wires and alligator clips
- Velostat and conductive tape or fabric
- Resistors
Skin electronics - Latex - Circuit Playground - ESP32 - Neopixels - Soldering tin - Fabrics - Conductive ink - Kapton tape - Lithium battery and charger - Golden leaf foil - RFID tags - RFID reader
Implications and Applications
- Sticky notes, pencils, colored markers, papers
Personal Project Development - Participants need to procure the materials for their final project and the lab also provides materials that are already there.