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07 December 2019 Submerging electroformed plastic drawing in copper sulphate solution - to crop crystals at strategic points 2. Suspending my electroformed plastic drawing over salt vinegar solution, introducing wood sticks with wound copper sheets between the copper and salt solution for absorption and deposition of crystals near surface of copper drawing.. 3. Hollow Brass… Continue reading Potential Applications: combining materials and forms
04 December 2019 I was glad that I got to speak with Annie about the Salt crystals, since she suggested some exciting ideas I could try with my discovery. Can I somehow remove crystals from the wooden sticks and place them elsewhere?Look at Salt Bride: A bio Engineered wedding dress from crystallization of salt from… Continue reading Experiment: scaling up, narrowing down
08 December 2019 Paintbrush with green dye (Experiment 2) 2. Copper Strip closely wound on wooden stirring stick with white salt and white vinegar (Experiment 4) 3. Used copper strip from electroplating (Experiment 19) 4. Copper sheet + crystallization attempt (Experiment 15)
06 December 2019 I have been slow at looking at potential applications and precedents for my experiments so far, but my current state of mind willed an idea based on the concept of wedding bands as 'cuffs' forcefully bonding two people in an agreement, and the effect of age, wear, time and experience on this… Continue reading Embodied Thought: Idea for a final piece
02 December 2019 Essay Plan: Structure 3 (Key works merged with paradigms as debate paragraphs) Introduction: Olafur Eliasson, Interdisciplinary experiential designer/artistReason - material driven, nature inspired designMy experience – “In Real Life” at TATE Modern – overlap of nature, technology, human experienceMy current exploration of emotional design as opposed to functional design, overall interest in… Continue reading ADAS Essay Plan
28 November 2019 After the crit, I learnt how to rivet with 1 mm copper and 1.5 mm brass wires. (Thanks Alkesh!) Basic process: Flatten out metal sheets with a mallet and heavy weights after cutting to shapeDrill out just a little bigger dia holes than the dia of the wire into metal sheet (i… Continue reading Riveting
26 November 2019 17. I wanted to try growing crystals from Copper Sulphate (I was already using this as my electroforming solution). For this, I dipped a wooden stick wrapped with copper (previously used as anode) in Copper Sulphate + water solution After 24 hours 18. Next I tried the same (17) with vinegar instead… Continue reading Growing Crystals – II
26 November 2019 Electroplating Impatient to start plating with copper, but without graphite paint to coat my plastic drawings, I started to coat some metal objects through my makeshift electroplating/electroforming setup. Objects coated with copper Observations: Tin bucket had low adhesion, but Dipped long enough gave a rough rust-like copper coatWire mesh took longer to… Continue reading Electroforming
24 November 2019 Steel Wool Dipped in white salt + Water solution After 24 hours - slow yellowingAfter 48 hours, 8 hours out of water Second dip - 8 hoursRust To study: Potential applications of steel rust. Stay Club - entrance gate and facade elements Precedent: Ariane Prin - rust in ceramics.
22 November 2019 After finding a fern-like salt crystal on my paintbrush, I was curious about the colour, shape and exact explanation for the deposition of salt. Since the initial crystal formation was a bit flaky, I lost some of the fern branches, but with time, the white and blue crystals became harder and more… Continue reading Growing Crystals
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