BRIC: Make Gelatin-Based Eggshell Biocomposite this Saturday 2/26!

See you at RISD Nature Lab Biomaker Space at 1:30 PM!

Mei Zheng

Feb 23, 2022

Hey BRIC!

We hope that you’ve had a nice transition into the spring semester!

Coffee Agar + Manufacturing Sustainability Re-cap!

Justin Sirotin [Founder of OCTO and Industrial Design faculty member]

Big thanks to those who were able to attend our guest speaker event with Justin Sirotin [Founder of OCTO] on Manufacturing Sustainability, where we discussed the mechanisms of missions, identity, experience, margins, value, and quality within the practice of sustainability [ranging from supply chains, distribution strategy, packaging experience, assembly decisions, material libraries, circular economics, and messaging].

The key takeaways to understand:

Understanding your audience
Prepare for change
See both the details and the large picture
Sustainability will come down to economics
Don’t ignore human behavior

In our first workshop, Making Coffee Agar Biocomposites, we were delighted to see the vast levels of experimentation ranging from varying agar to coffee moisture changes, as well as, different molding techniques!

We as BRIC would love everyone to bring in their dried Coffee Agar Biocomposites for this upcoming workshop on gelatin-based, eggshell biocomposites to share their outcomes and learning experiences!

UPCOMING WORKSHOP:

We’re excited to invite you to our second workshop, Making Gelatin-Eggshell Biocomposites @ the RISD Nature Lab Biomaker Space, Room 11 [13 Waterman St.]!

Please join us in experimenting this Saturday, February 26th from 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM in using Eggshells, Gelatin, and Water! If interested in making this biomaterial at home or for future exploration, here is the link to the recipe found from Materiom: an open educational hub working with companies, cities, and communities on archiving materials [i.e. biomaterials] sourced from larger regenerative circular economies.

We’ll be providing the ingredients [eggshells, gelatin, + water], toolkit [BRIC Unit 1: Food Waste Booklet], utility [pots, spatulas, measuring cups], and some molding supplies [corrugated plastic trays], but we would appreciate it if you could bring your own mold [such as plastic cups, silicone molds, or cut plastic bottles for you eggshell biomaterial to take shape] and pens/pencils to take notes with.

AVOID, using glass, paper, or metal containers as the biomaterial may stay to the surface and become unremovable.