EPIDERMIS

For the stage of the project, students were suppose to partner in groups and work collaboratively on the fabrication of an exterior skin that must contain all of their organs inside and not touch the skin.

**Constraints:

1. The fabrication need RESIN or derivative materials for the skin

2. The final organ can’t have plastics qualities. It can’t lose it’s original shape when no forces are applied to the object.

3. The skin should include all organs of the team members and it shoukld be hold in place in all dimensions without falling out.

4. The skin’s outside layer cant directly touch the organs.

5. The skin should include a parametric porosity (screen like openings)

Greta Oto

Greta Oto Butterfly tend to have a transparency of the wings in a result from the combination of low absorbation, scattering and reflection of light. This influenced the team to use a RESIN based material + fabric to achive the transparency.

An overall pattern was determined and the material used was Liquid Rubber (it’s fast for curing and flexible to create transparency). A mold made out of chipboard was created that will help us pour the Liquid Rubber and add the fabric on top.

The Prototype was a success, however as a group we realized we needed support to hold the organs inside, and we came with the idea of “tentacles” or “pillars” that will be inside the skin, so in that way the skin won’t have a direct contact with the organs.

Team Members:

Nicole Ordonez

Joel Cardenas

Pre Accomodation of Organs with Pattern