Material Journeys
Currently, my research focuses on exploring the interplay between materials and their environmental stimuli, drawing inspiration from nature's method of material construction within spatial and stimulative constraints.
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For this, I dived into the process of making biomaterials since I will be able to carefully craft the desired material property by changing the composition through trial and error, 3D printing on soft materials for structural explorations and Computational design for some digital fabrications.
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Experiments inspired from variable growth rate in nature. Here we are using variable shrinking rate to make the material spiral into a cylinder.
Printed perspectives : Exploring 3d printing across materials.
I wanted to explore the Idea of 3D printing on soft materials to understand the possibilities of deployable structures and how it could be achieved in rapid prototyping methods.
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Tried printing on fabric with 40% polyester content which was enough for the PLA to get stuck on the fabric base. (I used binder clips to hold the stretched fabric onto the printer build plate).
Bioplastic Alchemy: Crafting Attributes with bioplastic cookbooks
Gelatine
Glycerine
Water
Bauhinia Vahlii pigment
Gelatine
Glycerine
Water
Bauhinia Vahlii fiber
Gelatine
Glycerine
Water
Grog
Gelatine
Glycerine
Water
Grog
Gelatine
Glycerine
Water
Gelatine
Glycerine
powdered orange peel
I went into the rabbit hole of making bioplastic. I started out with gelatine-based materials since I like the texture and elasticity of those materials. Slowly I will move on to using other binding agents. Bioplastics are really good for exploring nonrigid structures for its versatile properties and the convenience in crafting the material.
Growth patterns in nature
I was reading a book called Patterns in Nature by Peter .S. Stevens and got fascinated by a lot of clever mechanisms in nature that emerged through years of evolution. As part of it, I started looking at computer algorithms related to growth patterns. Differential growth, space colonization algorithm,
reaction-diffusion, etc. Had fun 3d printing a lot of them as well. The printed prototypes gave me lot more insights than the simulations.
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