7 | Transforming: Molding and Casting with Bioplastics
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Balance
Measuring cup
Heater
Pan
Spoon
Something to poor the bioplastic in or on-too, like clean glass, plastic or mold
It is the first time that I made bioplastics. That's why I first looked at how they describe in Bioplastic Cook Book how to prepare bioplastic and which ingredients I needed. From there I actually prepared all the recipes in the same way. First by mixing it cold in the pan. Then heating it up until it boils and becomes syrupy. And then pour it into a mold. After that it's a matter of waiting patiently.
Ingredients
Amount
Glycerine
4 g
Water
40 ml
Agar
2 g
Ingredients
Amount
Glycerine
4 g
Water
40 ml
Agar
2 g
Yellow stamen
-
Ingredients
Amount
Glycerine
4 g
Water
40 ml
Agar
2 g
Blue stamen
-
Ingredients
Amount
Glycerine
8 g
Water
80 ml
Agar
4 g
Soap
12 ml
Sawdust
9 g
Ingredients
Amount
Glycerine
2 g
Water
40 ml
Gelatine
10 g
Agar
2 g
Vanilla sugar
4 g
The bubbles were only on top of my bioplastic. It should actually be spread throughout the whole bioplastic, giving the right structure. Now you can't really call it foam.
Ingredients
Amount
Glycerine
20 g
Water
40 ml
Gelatine
30 ml
Soap
4 ml
Ingredients
Amount
Glycerine
3 g
Water
40 ml
Maizena
2 g
(Used) Forest Fruit tea-bag
2 g
This week I was ill, I wanted to finish this assignment before the assessments of the first block. At the end, I had a few days to finish it. And therefore wanted to make the bioplastics as quickly as possible, because bioplastics also need time to dry. Because I didn't have that much time, I didn't pay much attention to reading a lot, so I did some things slightly different from what was told in the book I used.
I would have liked to take a little more time. I only saw what I had done differently after I made them and continued reading the sources. Not intentionally different, but by accident. Which is of course not bad, but that was not my plan, because I had never made bioplastic before.
