Cocinas, residuos e impresión 3D. Biomateriales con cáscaras de huevo y conchas de mejillón

Abstract

My practice is based on experimentation with biomaterials from food waste, located in a kitchen that was converted into a laboratory/workshop. I seek to give another dimension to the kitchen through material research in a space that generates care and alchemy. Reclaiming the kitchen as a lab/workshop activates reflections and experiments that open up a new understanding of how the current system decides what we consider to be garbage. My work with biomaterials has a political approach that seeks to create links which enhance interdependence and force us to (re)learn the values of care, through a feminist epistemology as a frame of reference. The material research that I share below focuses on calcium carbonate residues: egg shells and mussels shells. Through a circular approach, I investigate and experiment with ways to revalue food waste in order to turn it into a biocomposite material for applications, such as additive manufacturing.