Inspirations
I got an idea for using car tires as my material after seeing the amount of discarded car tires from the repair shop behind my campus. Most people usually burn them and that can cause air pollution. In order to reduce this, I decided to give an idea to recycle them.
Eggshells are waste by products of eggs that produces several tons per day that sent to the landfill with high management cost. I, myself, eat eggs a lot in a week and just throw the shells to the bin. By up-cycling these eggshells I can contribute to the reduction in land waste.
I got an idea to up cycle cans after seeing my mom trying to throw the finished cat food cans.
Aluminium cans takes a long time to degrade. Today, cans that are discarded just pile up in an area and this disturbs the environment.
My family usually does a clean up once a month and I saw these pile of comics that are going to be thrown. The world's number 1 waste is paper. Paper waste fills up the land volume and thus creates land pollution. Up cycling paper is one way to reduce this problem.
Sketches
This is my first sketches of the up-cycle products I wanted to make which are; a table from car tire, a chair from unused clothes, and a carpet from bubble wraps.
After having a QC with the lecturer I decided to make:
- A table from unused clothes
- A desk table from cans and comic book papers
- A pot decorated with cracked egg shells
References
Car Tire Table
Egg Shells Vase
Desk Lamp from Cans
Experiment on Materials
With Comic Paper
I made an attempt to burn the comic paper with a hot gun. The paper got burnt and the color changes to brown.
With Used Clothes - Fabric
The fabric I am experimenting with is the Rayon fabric. Before experimenting on it, my lecturer helped me secure the fabric with a hoop.
For the first experiment, I used a solder to make holes onto the fabric.
I tried burning the fabric with a heat gun for my second experiment on the fabric material. The fabric turned brown as it is burnt.
In the last experiment, I tried sewing the fabrics to make a ribbon.
Combining Fabric and Comic Paper
To combine both materials, the fabric and comic paper, I cut them into smaller rectangle strips and try weaving the materials.
With Cans
For the first experiment, I cut the cans so it would curl like the picture below.
I cut the cans into smaller pieces for the next experiment and use a clear tape to bind them.
With Egg Shells
First, I cracked the egg shells to smaller pieces with my hands and use a mortar after to make it into finer pieces.
Then I tried making a mixture of glue and water to bind the cracked egg shells onto a plastic.
With Colored Egg Shells
In the second experiment for egg shells, I colored the egg shells with acrylic paint to see the difference between the outcome compare to the not colored egg shells.
I did not color the insides of the shells to show the texture of the material.
After drying it about an hour, I cracked it into smaller pieces using my hands and a mortar to make the pieces finer.
Combining Egg Shells and Can Pieces
I got an idea of combining both materials, the cracked egg shells and pieces of cans. It creates a contrast as the cans have a shiny surface.
I also tried applying the sample piece onto the car tire to see how it looks when combined. As the car tire is black, it creates an interesting contrast between the materials.
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