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BioShades Workshop, Textile Bacteria Dyeing

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BioShades Workshop, TCBL, Fab Textiles, Mazda Space, Barcelona, March 2018

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Textile dyeing chemical processes contributes significantly to pollution and results in waste products that find their way into our rivers and oceans. This problem can be addressed through the use of natural dyes, and by educating consumers on how to develop these on their own, using local raw materials. In the future, even the materials themselves will be consumer-produced. This forges a closer relationship between consumers and products, leading to a more sustainability-conscious society. Could dyeing with bacteria be an alternative to chemical dyes? With BioShades we explore the potential of dyeing with bacteria as a less harmful alternative to the environment. BioShades is a project part of TCBL that aims to renew the European Textile & Clothing sector. We explore new ways to design, make, and work together for inventing new business models to open up new markets.

MASDA SPACE – BIOSHADES WORKSHOP – 15TH OF MARCH 2017

The TCBL event was organized in a distributed way, running in many Labs all over the world at the same time. In Barcelona, 22 participants gathered in Mazda Space and performed a global experiment following a live demonstration lead by the TextileLab Amsterdam. Participating TCBL labs were set up with an inventory that included petri plates, inoculation loops, prepared nutrient broth, sufficient sterilization and safety equipment, and a sample of natural textile like silk. The bacteria used is called Janthinobacterium lividum (violacein) and the medium of growth is agar and LB broth. Textile dyeing with bacteria is part of the Fabricademy classes content.

BioShades Workshop, TCBL, Fab Textiles, Mazda Space, Barcelona, 2018

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BioShades Workshop, Textile Lab Amsterdam, Waag Society, Amsterdam, 2018

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After an introduction into the days program and an overview of the previous research conducted, the participants were given instructions to fold or scrunch their silk samples – giving room for designers creativity and versatility of results.The samples were compiled and placed in an autoclave bag for 15 mins of sterilization, enough to kill off any previous microorganisms. Each sample was then placed in a sterile petri plate working within 10 cm of the Bunsen burner were the prepared LB broth was dispensed equally into each plate.Then each fabric was placed in a petri-dish, filled with LB broth medium and inoculated with the bacteria. Following this the plates were placed in the incubator with a temperature of 25ºC and left to colonize the fabric for 4-5 days. The unfolded results are as shown.

Bacteria dyeing experiments, BioShades Workshop, Fabricademy, Fab Textiles, Mazda Space, Barcelona, 2018

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Bacteria dyeing results, BioShades Workshop, Fabricademy, Fab Textiles, Mazda Space, Barcelona, 2018

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BioShades Workshop & Talks

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Workshop  Thursday, March 15, 2018, - 15:00 to 18:00 
Talks     Thursday, March 15, 2018, - 20:00 to 22:00
Location : MAZDA SPACE, Carrer Commerc 60
The entrance to this event is free. There are limited spots available. 
You can register HERE for the workshop
You can register HERE for the TALKS



BioShades is coming to a TCBL Lab near you!  
Learn how to dye fabrics with bacteria together with other participants across Europe. 
During this BioShades event TextileLab Amsterdam will connect with labs across Europe and dye textile with bacteria together! 
BioShades exists of a hands-on workshop and evening lectures with experts from the field. 
The whole event will take place at TextileLab Amsterdam – Waag, but you can join in different TCBL labs across Europe. 
Fab Textiles is one of the TCBL participating labs, offering the workshop and the live streaming of the talks.

Could dyeing with bacteria be an alternative to chemical dyes? With BioShades we explore the potential of dyeing with bacteria as a less harmful 
alternative in TextileLab Amsterdam and the participating TCBL labs. The upcoming BioShades event on 15 March 2018 there will be a workshop and talkshow during which we explore 
dyeing with bacteria together.The workshop takes place at TextileLab Amsterdam – Waag and streamed live in different TCBL labs across Europe where local instructors while lead you through the process step by step. 

During this TCBL BioShades event labs across Europe will connect through a video conferencing system and address this issue during a distributed 
bacteria dyeing workshop and an evening talks that gives the floor to experts from different fields.
BioShades is part of TCBL [tcbl.eu/content/bioshades] that aims to renew the European Textile & Clothing sector. 
We explore new ways to design, make, and work together and inventing new business models to open up new markets. 
BioShades is one of the research topics. Join the event and connect to the TCBL BioShades network and other people interested in this topic.


Program (CET) BioShades Workshop (limited places available)
-14.30 Doors open
-15.00 Start workshop: get to know the other workshop participants across Europe!
-15.15 Introduction of bacteria dyeing
-15.30 Hands-on workshop
-17.30 Instructions for next steps
-18.00 End workshop

Program (CET) BioShades evening TALKS (open to the public)
The entrance to this event is free. There are limited spots available.Please register HERE

Did you know that in the textile industry one the most environmentally disastrous processes is the dyeing of fibers and textiles?  
-19:30 Doors open
-20:00-22:00  Talks via streaming
During two hours we give the floor to experts from different fields, explore the potential of bacteria dyeing together and connect to different participating TCBL labs on the spot!
The BioShades talks follow up on the BioShades workshop in the afternoon.The exact program and speakers of this evening will be announced soon.

Participating TCBL labs 
-Fab Textiles – Barcelona, Spain 
-Fabrica Arca – Palermo, Italy 
-Textile Museum – Prato, Italy 
-Lottozerro – Prato, Italy 
-Redu Place Lab - Iași, Romania 
-Oliva Creative Lab - São João da Madeira, Portugal 
-Sanjotec Design Lab - São João da Madeira, Portugal 
-FabLab Kamp-Lintfort - Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 646133.

Join BioShades distributed workshop and let’s push the boundaries of the textile and clothing industry together!