Visual storytelling of the design of a totem using 3D printing and leather techniques to reproduce a rubber tree leaf in leather, as a critic to deforastation
The brief
I just had an idea. I will have a very important presentation of my thesis on the 13th. My topic is a “rubber leather” in the Amazon rainforest. Five professors shall evaluate my work. And I thought of giving to them a small gift made of leather. A leaf made of leather, which would express the main controversy of my thesis: the “rubber leather” does not avoid cattle/deforestation.
Do you think you can produce 6 leaves with a tiny hole on them (so I can add a rope and made it a keychain or a pendant for doors)? Do you think you can produce them until next Wednesday?
Solution
Green leather / Couro verde
Rubber tree leaf / Folha da seringueira
Samples of rubber laminates, “vegetal leather” / Amostras de laminados de borracha, couro vegetal
Leather sandal / Sandália de couro
Designing a leaf on SolidWorks / Desenhando uma folha no SolidWorks
Rubber tree leaf / Folha da seringueira
Leaf designed on SolidWorkds / Folha desenhada no SolidWorks
3D printer / impressora 3D
Leaf 3D printed / Folha impressa em 3D
3D printing process / Processo de impressão 3D
Leaf stamped using a 3D printed mold / Folha estampada usando um molde impresso em 3D
Knotting the leather / Dando nó no couro
Inserting the rubber bead / Inserindo a conta de borracha
Studying a knot on an alternative necklace / Estudando um nó em um colar alternativo
Studying proportions with a similar ornament / Estudando proporção com um ornamento semelhante
Defining details, like bead position, knot position, and sewing / Definindo detalhes, como posição da conta de borracha, posição do nó, e costura
Leaf made of leather well glued / Folha feita de couro bem colada
Constant research of similar products / Pesquisa constante de produtos semelhantes
Leather leaf with rubber bead being comtemplated / Folha de couro com conta de borracha sendo contemplada
Defining proportions / Definindo proporções
Final product. Six leaves made of green leather and a detail in rubber. // Produto final. Seis folhas feitas de couro verde e detalhe em borracha.
Brazilian, based in The Netherlands. PhD researcher in Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University of Rotterdam / The Netherlands), and in Production Engineering (UFMG / Brazil). Master in Production Engineering. Consultant. Product Designer. Social Activist. Certified Mindfulness Meditation Trainer (NGO World Peace Initiative, Thailand).
Contact: letswork@ethicalfashionbrazil.com
See full CV: https://ethicalfashionbrazil.com/luciana-duarte/
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