Experiment III

Introduction

In this phase of our experiment we started the melting process. The ice, previously combined with food coloring, melted slowly, creating different shapes depending on the position the ice cube has in relation to the cloth. The tube experiment also allowed for the ink to slowly drop.




Problem

The melting ice cubes created a pond like mass in the cloth, which absorbed the ink slowly. The cloth took over a period of 3 days to completely absorb the ink.
The tubes, on the other hand, dropped a smaller amount of water, which worked perfectly and just as expected. However, due to the thickness of the tubes we used (aquarium tubes), the shape didn´t distort as much as we expected.




Solution

We had several ideas to fix these problems. Regarding the first problem, we either need to perfectly isolate the floor of the exhibition or change this concept. An idea for changing the concept would be to collect the dropped water. The second problem, however, is more simple to fix: we bought thinner tubes.




Observation

1.The start of the process and the end result is both more interesting and aesthetically pleasing.

2.The ink seems to defrost quicker than water. In the ice cubes that were hanging we could perfectly see the gradient of the ink and the water. During the melting process we realized that at the end, the ice cube is mostly composed of water that, in a way, pushes away the ink previously dropped by the ice.

3.The possibilities of the tubes are more aesthetic and interesting.