FMP Ribbons and Glass 23 March

 PowerPoint and Glass 23 March
 

With my PowerPoint on Thursday, I wanted to get a lot of my presentation done today. I also needed to make sure I have a good idea of what I was going to say. Luckily, with the amount of research I've done so far, I could spent a good 30 minutes talking people through it. I just have to make sure I have the key points from the research so they all understand and can properly give me feedback on my project. The feedback I get could really help and give me a good idea if I'm on the right track, or what I could do or change to improve.

As I make my choices on what slides I want, I can see what research I want to expand on and what are the different parts I could improve. My design stage, especially the interviews with Marriyah could be more documented. These are all things I hope to improve on as I go on.

While I'm doing my slides, I get the chance to talk to Marriyah about her piece. On Friday I got several different samples of ribbons for her to choose for her locket. I laid the ribbons out side by side so I could easily show her what was available. This also gave her the chance to pick up each one and feel the samples. As the ribbon is close to the skin, the feel is an important part of the decision making.

As I was talking to her, I asked her some more questions; What size locket she would like, and how long she would like the ribbon? She told me that the bigger the locket, the longer the length of ribbon, while the shorter ribbon would have a smaller locket. This was good to bear in mind in the future when I'm designing the jewellery so I know how big I want the locket and how long I want the ribbon.

Once I had done most of my PowerPoint, I could then have some time to sort out my mould and get it ready to be put in the kiln. First I had to fill my moulds with glass. I had three different types of mould so I thought I might as well see if different coloured glass had different effects when it was heated. As I carefully placed the clear, green and blue glass in the mould, I had to make sure I didn't put any dirt in with it as it will show up once it was finished. I'm hoping that this will give me a better idea of what sort of effect I can get from the glass.

After I had finished placing the glass into the moulds, it could then go into the kiln at 200°C overnight, with a 15 minute soak before letting the kiln gradually cool down. Then I can take the glass out and have a look at it. I'm just hoping that everything goes well and nothing breaks in the kiln.