Illuminating the Future With Biomaterials ( Bio-desk Luminaire)
by keletso Thorn Mokgabudi in Craft > Reuse
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Illuminating the Future With Biomaterials ( Bio-desk Luminaire)
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I made a biodegradable desk light from Biomaterials.
Supplies
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: Raw egg shells
: Used tea bags
: bowl
: water
: flour
: Vaseline
: Vacuum machine and plastic
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Designing the mold. using lathe machine and vaccum forming machine.
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Collected egg shells and used tea bags and teared them apart.
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poured this collection in bowl mixed them together with flour and water.
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Applied Vaseline on my mold as a release agent.
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Applied the mixture on the mold to get the desired shape.
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Left it on the sun to dry, which took about two days to dry.