Sunday, May 9, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Cloudcrete, Fabrication
This is a record, for now, of our step by step process to make these latex kites!
2: Template used to cut latex form
3: Edges cleaned with solvent
4.1: Edges adhered with either Liquid Latex
4.2: Or Edges adhered with Rubber Cement
5: Once edges have dried seal with duct tape ( temporary solution until we get the sealed joint that we can trust)
first edge
gate to fill with concrete
All of the Materials Needed and the three new prototypes
No holes here!
Labels:
_melissa goldman,
_rachel villalta,
latex,
luisa,
trevor
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Cloudcrete, Test Day 1
Cloudcrete is a rotational molded series of whimsical hollow forms that feel as light as a cloud! We are working on perfecting the right consistency of the mix, methods of sealing the latex formwork, and the calibration of the thinness of the rockite in a shell. These initial tests included embedding connections in the concrete to be able to string or fit pieces together (grommets and hollow tubes) and adding a fine sand as aggregate to the mixture.
Test 1: Small kite with hollow tube.
Test 2: Three-legged amoeba with grommet. The rockite was able to get so thin around the grommet that light is able to show through.
Test 3: Larger kite with hollow tube and green sand aggregate. The volume of concrete was not enough for the shell to stay together, however broken open, one can see the light effects of the thin shell and the sand.
Test 1: Small kite with hollow tube.
Test 2: Three-legged amoeba with grommet. The rockite was able to get so thin around the grommet that light is able to show through.
Test 3: Larger kite with hollow tube and green sand aggregate. The volume of concrete was not enough for the shell to stay together, however broken open, one can see the light effects of the thin shell and the sand.
Labels:
_melissa goldman,
_rachel villalta,
latex,
luisa,
rockite,
rotational molder,
trevor
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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