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ITERATION 3
MATERIALS USED: SPANDEX
FABRIC, WOOD, CONCRETE
MIX
VARIABLES: TWO LAYERS
OF FABRIC WAS USED
KEY TAKEAWAYS: BETTER
RESULTS CAN BE OBTAINED
USING ONE LAYER OF FAB-
RIC
For this iteration we used 3/4”
diameter dowels with heights of
8”-11”. The completed concrete
cast was 1’6” tall, 9” wide and
6”-12” thick at any given point.
The
concrete mixture used was 1
part water and 2 parts Portland
cement.
The same mold and dowels
were used from iteration 2 for
this method. A larger piece of
spandex was used so that it
could be folded to have 2 layers
of fabric to cast into. The fabric
was placed over the mold and
clamped in place. The concrete
was then mixed and poured and
the cast was left for 24 hours.
The fabric was slightly harder
to pull off the concrete cast and
the deeper marks left by the
fabric caused parts of the cast
to crack and break off.
This method would not be used
again because better results
were gained using one layer of
fabric
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