# 17 - Project work

This week is all about finilising and making the first bioplastic clothing bags.

I made a lot of progress this week, so I'll divide this week in a few subjects.

My main focus is the Agar recipe.

## Producing a lot of sheets  

For this project I wanted to test a lot of recipes.In the first weeks of the project I was mainly 

working with small and different plates, which  resulted in having a lot of sheets in all different sizes and most of them were to small for a good bioplastic packaging clothing bag. 

So I needed to step up my game and try to 

produce bigger sheets. With bigger sheets I could make real packaging bags. So I tried to make my own molds with clay, but that didn’t work. It was such a shame that we couldn’t use the Makers Lab provided by our school AUAS during the Corona crisis. Because I would have made a mold with the 3D printer or the Laser cutter if we were allowed to go to school. But I had to do it with the equipment and space in my kitchen. 

After a few weeks I got a tip from one of my classmates, which said that Ikea still had large glass plates available, so I ordered one myself. I ordered a NORDLI glass plate which is 120 cm by 47 cm. With this glass plate I was finally able to make bigger sheets and try to make real 

bio plastic packaging clothing bags!

After this reframing moment I was able to test the best recipes on a bigger scale. When the first big sheets were ready I made my first 

bioplastic clothing bag by ironing two sheets of bioplastic together. The Agar Agar recipe works great if you want to iron it together. With these steps I finally could bring my project to the next level and develop Agar Agar bio plastic packaging clothing bags. <br>

## Ironing a bioplastic bag

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[17-ironing-a-bioplastic-bag](https://minormakerslab.gitbook.io/students-1920/andrei/kim/17-project-work/17-ironing-a-bioplastic-bag)
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## New method of sticking a bioplastic bag together

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[17-new-method-for-sticking-a-bioplastic-bag-together](https://minormakerslab.gitbook.io/students-1920/andrei/kim/17-project-work/17-new-method-for-sticking-a-bioplastic-bag-together)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Product pictures

![Double layer method](https://2472482582-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LzaCPWnWmmX17D0w0O3%2F-MBDkOTDxFHgCWkFFQzh%2F-MBDmBoGVnW8HXjIB7SH%2FIMG_1790.jpeg?alt=media\&token=f3f4f970-c409-4cc3-832b-97f8a6e576dc)

![Ironing method](https://2472482582-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LzaCPWnWmmX17D0w0O3%2F-MBDkOTDxFHgCWkFFQzh%2F-MBDmLx1FTKr5QNmJ3Bh%2FIMG_0635%20kopie.jpeg?alt=media\&token=3f0cb7ba-dff8-45c6-b29b-3be09862e8a1)