MAKING PROCESS - Bioplastic

“Slow” can be added to any title, giving new interpretation and dynamics to any subject or discipline., especially in the creative field. To be able to stop and contemplate is probably the most important aspect that human kind can add to the creative process. 
Slow design being the human intervention within design world. 

The design and craft world needs to take to take a different, more holistic, approach to both designing and making. The complexities of human existence as well as our ability to reflect, have to be interwined in design process at every stage of each and every discipline.

 The barriers between designer, maker and consumer, creating even intimate relationship between the design process, production and the consumer, must be broken.
In the contemporary day for many consumers there still seems to be a separation between the product they buy and the journey that it has made from design inspiration, through production, to the retail outlet.
To help breaking these barriers, I am sharing my making processes with complete transparency.

I want to show how the holistic approach towards materials can improve the design industries and our everyday life. 

Here is the the step by step process of making the bioplastic. Bioplastic is Agar Agar based. Vegetable Glycerine is also add to the recipe. All the ingredients are organic and locally sourced.

From start to finish, a small sample of the bioplastic takes about one week to make.
 It may seem that the recipe and the process is relatively simple, yet the appearances can be deceptive. The process is very mindful and delicate. Everything is in consideration - the temperature of cooking, the space where bioplastic is left to dry, the sterility of the environment and many more. As a designer, am forming a close connection to the process and the end product. And the future consumer is encouraged to further participate in this connection.

I am Inviting you to slow down and reflect.