REFRAMING MOMENTS

HOW I GOT HERE

I started the project using starch bioplastics because they were the most easily disposable of the bioplastics I could make. However, I found it hard to make a lightweight material out of starch and looked elsewhere after experimenting with them for a few weeks. While exploring the possibilities of gelatin I read to use more than one plasticizer, and that honey mixed with glycerin could give a far richer effect to materials. After trying this I got to a foamlike material that is also strong and stretchable. From all my material tests this was the one I found most interesting with broad possibilities for packaging but also other uses.