RIC Week 6: References and Inspiration

Revised lab report:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12DKbQJngVQNPNeY2tEFKdphftGEzitLD10-5E7whLJE/edit

Pinterest Link: https://www.pinterest.com/caye88/remade-in-china/

Water Sprinkler
With our Community Garden #2 ideas involving the creation of a hose head to enhance the way people watered their plants, this bottle sprinkler seemed very beneficial. We could simply make a sprinkler head out of a hose, a water bottle, a knife, and tape to greatly extend the range of the hose spray. This, however, may not be the greatest long-term option depending on the quality of the plastic. The plastic may get overly filthy or lose structural integrity over time, resulting in it being tossed into the recycling bin too rapidly, which does not comply to Cradle to Cradle procedures.
 

 

Plastic Bag Hammock
This hammock’s grid design appears to be a great way for creating a water filter for a rain gathering system. This hammock made use of over 600 bags, but we can recreate this braiding process on a smaller scale to build a net that fits within a tube. This net prevents bigger things, such as leaves, from entering the water collection bucket. The braiding process should result in a strong net that does not need to be updated frequently.

 

 

Plastic Bottle Greenhouse

This creative usage of bottles creates walls and a roof for a functional green home. I was really intrigued by the way they piled bottles into vertical rods. A tube would be required to carry water from a rooftop into buckets for a water collection system. If the connection between the tubes is strong enough, this might be an excellent long-term water gathering option.

Source:https://blog.manomano.co.uk/create-a-diy-plastic-bottle-greenhouse/

Learn from China

These knots can be used to secure connections in weaving/crochet work. Instead of yarn or thread, we may cut up plastic bags into thin strips and tie them.

Observe

Plastic bags (water filter net)
 
Water bottles (sprinkler nozzle, water tube, water collection bucket)
 
Straws (water filter net)
 
Plastic food containers (water collection bucket)
 
Shipping packaging (miscellaneous)

Experiment

 
Tube for Water Bottles
Cutting off the bottoms and cutting four slits into the bottles and lining them together to establish a link resulted in a crude tube for water collecting. The two bottles we found were of different forms, yet they might still be connected. The connection was not the strongest, but it may be strengthened by making deeper cuts, melting the plastic, or using tape. We’d cut the tops off other bottles and continue the process to join them.

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