3D Communication piece by piece 3rd February

Piece By Piece ...3rd February

Having spent all Friday cutting and moulding my acrylic, I could now start fixing them together using the glue. Before I could do this, I first had to sort out what pieces I wanted to place, and where they would go. Most of the planning was done on Friday and it was just a matter of adding the glue and holding it in place. After gluing half of the acrylic strands in place I had to reheat a couple of the others as the bottoms of them weren't completely flat. This took longer than I wanted as it cooled too quickly and I had to be careful not to overheat the acrylic. Once all the individual strands of acrylic were glued on to the wrist band, I then had to heat and mould the hand guard over the fixed acrylic so that it would fit perfectly.

After reheating a couple of the acrylic pieces I could then fix the two arm bands together and sandwich the ribbon in place. This was not only to hold the jewellery in place when wearing it, but also it hides any messy glue that might show through. This was another task that took longer than I would of liked. I had to hold the ribbon, then I took the two pieces and glued both sides of the acrylic before holding it for a couple of minutes. With everything dried I could then try the jewellery on to make sure that everything would hold together when worn.

I could now start on how I want my jewellery piece displayed. After my power point presentation, the idea of having a cast of an arm would be good. Seeing the bracelet on a arm would be more helpful than just floating in the air.