{"id":1103,"date":"2014-06-01T10:07:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T10:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2014-06-02T02:52:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T02:52:28","slug":"silikon-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/silikon-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to be able to see through the skin. It needed to be\u00a0as thin as possible, in order to add as\u00a0little weight as possible to the motors. I made silicon using Smooth on Dragon skin F\/X Pro. All you need to do is put some releasing agent on the plexiglass, and mix the silicon together 50% +50%.\u00a0It takes 45 minutes to be fully made, and is super flexible and can be made really thin.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/8.jpg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1104\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1-e1401616196202-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"169\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1-e1401616196202-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1-e1401616196202-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1-e1401616196202.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>I made different thicknesses\u00a0for\u00a0testing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1107\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/6-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/6.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/5-e1401616255686-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/5-e1401616255686-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/5-e1401616255686-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/5-e1401616255686.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-967\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/7-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/7.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nWith the remains of my material, I just spread across a sheet of plexiglas. It came out really well. Super thin, and very strechable.\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-969\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"9\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-970\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNext I added wire in the center of the silicon, to be able to detect conductivity on the creature. I used wire rope, because I needed the wire to be flexible, and to have bad memory (that it wouldn&#8217;t bend).<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5042-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5042\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5042-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5042-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-959\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5041-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5041\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5041-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5041-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5043-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5043\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5043-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5043-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5045-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5045\" width=\"168\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5045-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_5045-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/97033807\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/97033807\">Silicon Experiments<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user13951138\">Talya Stein Rochlin<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>. After all of this, I&#8217;ve decided this isn&#8217;t the right material for the skin of the creature. I feel like I&#8217;m hiding all of the interior of the creature. I really love people standing and figuring out the mechanics of how the creature works. For now I&#8217;m just going to leave the skeleton of the creature exposed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to be able to see through the skin. It needed to be\u00a0as thin as possible, in order to add as\u00a0little weight as possible to the motors. I made silicon using Smooth on Dragon skin F\/X Pro. All you need to do is put some releasing agent on the plexiglass, and mix the silicon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-its_alive","category-project-development","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1121,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions\/1121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steintalya.com\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}