Perancangan Elemen Interior dengan Material Berkelanjutan Berbasis Tali Putri (Cuscuta Australis) sebagai Pengganti Plastik

Abstract

This research is designing interior elements using sustainable material based on Angel’s Hair (Cuscuta Australis) plant as a substitute for plastic, namely parasitic plants that grow around their host plants, causing harm to agricultural crops. Angel’s Hair offers an alternative sustainable materials with strong and elastic fiber characteristics. This research is motivated by the need to find alternative sustainable materials considering that currently plastic has become a serious problem in the environmental context, especially in interior elements which often use single-use plastic materials. This research aims to produce interior design elements using sustainable materials based on the Angel’s Hair plant (Cuscuta Australis) as a substitute for plastic. The process in this research will begin with analyzing the physical characteristics of Angel’s Hair (Cuscuta Australis), and the method used is based on experiments through a comparison of 3 experimental models of bioplastics based on the Angel’s Hair (Cuscuta Australis). Tests for the bioplastic material to be observed are durability, flexibility, density and texture from the experimental results on the Angel’s Hair plant. The tools used in this research were simple tools such as scales, moulds, spoons, scissors and pans. While the materials used in this research were Glycerol, Caraagenan Iota, water and the Angel’s Hair plant. At the end of the research, the output was a dummy sheet of Angel’s Hair (Cuscuta Australis) material which could be applied as nterior elements such as partitions, wall cladding and other interior aesthetic elements such as lamp armature covers. The novelty of this research is the interior elements using sustainable materials based on the Angel’s Hair (Cuscuta Australis) plant as a substitute for plastic.