3D Communication Testing and Moulding 15th January

Testing and Moulding   15th January 

Once again it was the end of the week and that means I now only have 4 more weeks to get my project finished and ready for the show. With today being the last day for research, I had to make sure I was ready for next week's design and testing. Although I know I will have time to do bits of research after college, but not as much as I have the last week or so.

I started doing some last minute research into artists, and how objects can tell a story. I had made a decision to make a start on some test pieces after lunch so that I could get some idea if I could realistically make my design with the materials I wanted. Before I did anything I had a quick go at making a sand cast mould of my wrist so that I could have a visual idea of the dimensions I will be working on and the shapes I could make.

I selected some small pieces of acrylic from the spare acrylic bin and began to heat them up so that I could mould and bend them into the shapes I wanted. I placed the small pieces onto the heat and left them to warm for a short time. Wearing thick gloves so not to burn myself, I could then carefully take them off to mould them round a paper tube.

I just had time for my test pieces to cool before we had to have a group talk about how all our projects had developed over the last week. I have changed my project; I wanted to make it more of a narrative than just one solid aspect of a persons personality. I was thinking after getting the feedback on the survey, I know that one of the main things that have changed is my confidence as I get to know people. So I decided I could use that as part of a narrative. The only thing is now have to think of how to convey that aspect in an artistic form.