diff --git a/material.cpp b/material.cpp
index 5590df4..782b14f 100644
--- a/material.cpp
+++ b/material.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
 #include "material.h"
+#include "glew/glew.h"
+#include "glassert.h"
+#include "glm/glm.hpp"
 
-Material::Material()
+GLuint Material::getLocation(std::string attribName)
 {
-
+    glAssert(GLuint loc = glGetUniformLocation(getShader()->getProgramId(), attribName.c_str()));
+    return loc;
 }
 
-Material::~Material()
+void Material::bindFloat(GLuint location, float val)
 {
-
+    glAssert(glUniform1f(location, val));
 }
 
+void Material::bindMatrix(GLuint location, glm::mat4 mat)
+{
+    glAssert(glUniformMatrix4fv(location, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(mat)));
+}
+
+void Material::bindVec3(GLuint location, glm::vec3 vec)
+{
+    glAssert(glUniform3fv(location, 1, glm::value_ptr(vec)));
+}
diff --git a/material.h b/material.h
index bdcbd63..966061e 100644
--- a/material.h
+++ b/material.h
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
 #ifndef MATERIAL_H
 #define MATERIAL_H
 
+#include "shader.h"
+#include "glm/fwd.hpp"
 
 class Material
 {
 public:
-    Material();
-    ~Material();
+	Material(Shader* myShader) : shader(myShader) {}
+	Shader* getShader() {return shader;}
+
+	virtual void bindAttributes() = 0;
+
+protected:
+	Shader* shader;
+
+	// utils :
+	GLuint getLocation(std::string attribName);
+	void bindFloat(GLuint location, float val);
+	void bindMatrix(GLuint location, glm::mat4 mat);
+	void bindVec3(GLuint location, glm::vec3 vec);
 };
 
 #endif // MATERIAL_H
diff --git a/sparrowRenderer.pro b/sparrowRenderer.pro
index 17b2b75..3b40267 100644
--- a/sparrowRenderer.pro
+++ b/sparrowRenderer.pro
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ SOURCES += main.cpp\
     camera.cpp \
     sparrowrenderer.cpp \
     scene.cpp \
-    material.cpp
+    material.cpp \
+    texture.cpp
 
 HEADERS += mainwindow.h \
     myglwidget.h \
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ HEADERS += mainwindow.h \
     sparrowrenderer.h \
     glassert.h \
     scene.h \
-    material.h
+    material.h \
+    texture.h
 
 FORMS   += mainwindow.ui
 
diff --git a/texture.cpp b/texture.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0a8877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/texture.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include "texture.h"
+
+Texture::Texture()
+{
+
+}
+
+Texture::~Texture()
+{
+
+}
+
diff --git a/texture.h b/texture.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a1d64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/texture.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef TEXTURE_H
+#define TEXTURE_H
+
+
+class Texture
+{
+public:
+    Texture();
+    ~Texture();
+};
+
+#endif // TEXTURE_H