ReFabLab met snelgiethars
Can leftover yarns become a new raw material for composite materials? By experimenting with different materials, proportions and casting techniques, you can create new objects from textile waste.
What happens if, instead of throwing away waste, you use it as a raw material for a new material? In this workshop, part of the ReFabLab project, you’ll investigate how waste yarns can be incorporated into a composite. You’ll experiment with different binders and fillers and discover how the ratio of fibres to binder affects the properties of the final product. You’ll make different mixtures, pour them into a mould and test how colour, texture, strength and structure are affected. Does your material become harder with more fibres? What happens if you distribute the fibres differently? And can you create a completely different result using the same waste material? In this workshop, you’ll be working with rapid-casting resin. The moulds have already been made for this, but we’ll use a few examples to show you how you could design your own mould and 3D-print it, before casting it in silicone. This way, you’ll also get to know the production process. Workshop with a STEM focus: materials science, chemistry, composites, proportions, experimentation, prototyping and circular design. Led by the partners at ReFabLab: De Creatieve STEM vzw, Vosschemie & Mie-Time
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