COSTA RICA : March 26 - April 2

Day 3 : March 29 : Turtle Conservation @ Playa Grande

Guanacaste National Park

Mosquito Attack

Hike to Estuary to Clean Up Beach

Locust Shells

White Sand Beach

COSTA RICA : March 26 - April 2

Day 2 : March 28 : Meeting with Carlos , Beach

Introduce Carlos to Our Material Explorations

Found Monkeys Behind Our Rooms ! 

    

Beach @ Sunset

COSTA RICA : March 26 - April 2

Day 1 : March 27 : Leave San Jose, Stop @ Santa Rosa National Park

Guanacaste Tree

with "Ear" Seedpods

Museum of the Battle at Santa Rosa

Grinding Tools

 Hike through Dry Forest

Poro-Poro Tree

Natural Fibers

Naked Indian Tree

Nature Lab : Microscopic Investigations

Here are some microscopic images taken from the Nature Lab on Thursday.  It was interesting to see the cellular structure of the raw materials and compare those to other fibers that our processes are also applied to.  The flax and bagasse seem similar in structure, so felting the bagasse would be a good possibility.  The rice hull surprised me with the exterior texture it has.

Bagasse

Bagasse

Cotton

Flax

Rice Hull

Rice Hull

Rice Hull

Rice Straw

Sugar Cane Waste

Sugar Cane Waste

Materials !

BAGASSE

RICE HULL

RICE STRAW

SUGAR CANE WASTE

Agriculture Research

Peabody Museum, Cambridge, MA

Just a few of the pieces I liked at the museum.  I think these three are particular interesting because they really take the material out of its natural form and manipulate it into a new material.