Bio Desk - Luminaire (Brian Ramodise)

This is a bio-desk-luminaire made from eggshells, cardboard, flour water and charcoal.

Equipment:

• Kettle
• Blender
• Bucket/Big bowl.
• Spice grinder.
• Glue gun.
• Surgical gloves
• Microwave/oven.
• 2 Paper cups (Mould)
• Craft knife.

Ingredients:

• Eggshells x10
• Egg carton x1
• Flour 30 grams
• Baking powder 20 grams
• Salt 10 grams
• Charcoal x2 (small pieces)
• Water 1.25L

Shred 1 30egg carton into smaller pieces. Then put into a bucket/big bowl

Crush 10 eggshells in a spice grinder until it becomes smaller grains. then add 25 grams of flour with the eggshell grains with 5 grams of baking powder

Boil water and pour into a bucket/bowl with the carton shreds. Add the pieces of charcoal for the color Then add the flour and egg mixture until it becomes a wet pulp.

Pour the wet pulp mixture into a blender or use your hands to mix (wear surgical gloves) if you don't have a blender. Let it mix until it becomes a pasty consistency.

Pour the mixture into a sieve to get a drier outcome (70%Dry) Or use a dry cloth to soak up the water.

Use the paper cups as a Mould to shape the material. Insert the wire adjustor whilst the material has not dried.

Dry it in the microwave for 10 minutes whilst taking one minute cooling breaks 4 times in between the process so the material or the cup doesn't melt. Or let it dry in the sun for 24 hours.

Assemble the 2 bodies using the wire that sticks out. Using a glue gun and then covering the glue after it dries with the material.

Apply salt water in a spray bottle of a brush on the surface of the lamp for the material to not have fungus or mold.