Making Biomaterial from Avocado Pits - REMIX EL BARRIO

🥑 GELAVOCATIN, by Anastasia Pistofidou of Fab Lab Barcelona and Director of Fabricademy
👩🏾‍🔬 This recipe is easy to follow and with the right ingredients and equipment can be done in your home kitchen!
✍️ Ingredients:
Avocado pits
Water
Gelatine
✍️ Equipment:
Mortar
Waterproof Fabric
Hoop
Strainer
Pot
Stove
Oven
⚡️Fab Lab Barcelona is an education, innovation and research centre committed to rethinking the way we live, work and play in cities. Central to this vision is creating a more circular economy which takes into account systems of waste and how we might reduce or reuse raw materials. This tutorial is one example of our ongoing research into creating biomaterials from waste.
👀Check our some of our related research and education programs below.
👉SISCODE- El Barri Circular: fablabbcn.org/...
👉SISCODE - Remix el Barrio: fablabbcn.org/...
👉Exposición Remix el Barrio: fablabbcn.org/...
👉Biomaterials 101 Blog Post: fablabbcn.org/...
👉Fabricademy: fablabbcn.org/...
This project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 under grant agreement No 788217.
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[@juanfernandopacasanzetenea634]

can you show how to use this material when already created ? and how hard/soft it is?

[@natyloy]

Hi Anastasia, thanks for the video! Could you please tell me the quantities of avocado pits powder, water and gelatine? I'd like to try it at home :)

[@lorenrojas5285]

Cual es el tiempo de descomposición? Gracias por el vídeo ❤

[@nicolelopez5784]

Beautiful! Why use a wooden mold with textile instead of a plastic mold?

[@99897767]

probably so that it could breath, which lets it dehydrate on both side

[@anastasiapistofidou4078]

I use the wooden mold because the gelatin stick to the frame and in this way it does not deform during the drying process that happens faster when the air can dehydrate the bioplastic from both sides

[@רזהלוי-ה1כ]

looks good!
how long did it take it to biodegrade? did it develop molds?

[@lilianamontero230]

Para qué sirve?

[@ohohjournal5828]

how long do you dehydrate?

[@anastasiapistofidou4078]

24hours with a ventilator and then we let it dry completely for a few days

[@sup9pixel]

Can it be done by a plastic mould

[@anastasiapistofidou4078]

yes, definetely, just be careful because if the mix is too hot when you pour it , the plastic may melt.

[@AmandaFrostCreations]

what are the measurements of each ingredient?

[@narktect]

240ml water 48grams gelatine 9 crashed avocado pits ( this makes a rigid bioplastic)

[@angelg.s.1053]

Y luego?