Evaluating & Making- part 3

Well After I sorted the perspex out that would go behind the rods I thought
on moving onto the other vital points of my model.

I had to cut the metal for the tower yet which was a tough task, as the metal
band saw was stopping sometimes when cutting the piece of metal. That
left me with very sharp edges as well as not having a straight cut.

I overcome this problem of the sharp edges by filing off the rough edges of the
metaldown diagonally. I than polished the metal so I would not be any finger
marks on.

I masking taped the metal pieces so that I would not get finger marks on them
and polish them everytime I touch them. I moved onto the bottom of the base so that
I first can glue them on with wood glue and than nail them to make sure they stay
in place and won't move around.

Than I got only time at college to cut out wood peices that would go in the centre to hold
the perspex roof in the centre. I spray painted them on the Monday white while over the
weekend I was busy working on my sketchbook and making brackets at home.

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to be continued....

Evaluating & Making- part 2

Well let's talk about the making then...

I started off with my base of the model where I drew on the plan of where
the model would stand. I than used tracing paper palced it on top of the base
so I could get an accurate copy and use it when cutting the wood pieces that
would stick below and on top of the base.

I used two cut of pieces of wood that were the same thickness as the base and used
masking tape to temporarly to hold in place. I than returned to mark where the rods
would go on the base and drew 1 x 1cm square boxes on the inside of the towers.

It was actually difficult to keep the rods in the same place on both sides of the tower,

so I had to keep a ruler on the base and draw a line all away across towards the
other tower. This was difficult to do if the ruler was not kept straight or if one line
was already not straight and would draw on the next, as they all would be in the wrong
place, Also the masking tape was coming off easily so I had to use quiet a lot of it
so that when I took it to drill in the holes that it would not move out of place.


However before I went to drill anything I cut out another piece of wood and used the
tracing paper from before made a photocopy of it and than cut it up so I could stick
it onto the wood pieces that needed to be cut for the top part of the base where the
towers would be held in place.

I than went to cut off the access part of the wood where the perspex went behind
the rods. I went to drill the holes for the rods on the machine which was difficult when
the base was big and heavy. I tried to put as much of the weight of the wood on the
machine so it was easy to move around. Afterwards I tested it the rods would fit, so
I used the wood rod that was the same size as the clear rods that I was going to use.


I made a woood mould or more liek a stand so that I could place the flexy wood inside
and guide me when making the curve once the perspex was heated up. I placed the
perspex there in the machine for about 2-5 mins and tried to make sure that it would
not get any bubbles due to the heat.

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Evaluating & Showing the making - part 1

Well since the past week we had to set up our exhibition and so
everything had to be completed by the 13th June.

I am glad I have completed my model as I had many problems with it.

To start off I had to sort the angles of my Gallery/Museum model out.
Which altered the design. Also Had other difficulties such as the mesh
that had to go onto the sculpture. Originally I wanted one to come from
each tower and meet at the centre so they would create a ' X '.
However only after I made a test piece using the fine mesh I realised that
it distracted too much from the building. So I changed my mind after asking
another peer of their thoughts about the mesh. Which came to the result that
they agreed to what I meant distraction, and overpowering the building.

It was unfortunate that I had to change thge design at the near end when
completing it, but I think that the solution I found was much better.
I used a stronger yet felexible mesh to create just one mesh sculpture
that goes in the centre. This therefore shows off its symetry which is some-
thing that benefits the Gallery/Museum model.

Over all I think my model had many problems, one of them being when finding
lights that would not burn the wood with their strong power... I did end up finding
sone lights that did work, but still were not as strong as I wanted them to be...

Business Card - final !!

Yes been working hard on my sketchbook but guess I have to do a lot
more...


Here is the NEW and ABSOLUTE FINAL Business Card Design!!!

( Yes I finally managed to create something I like better, took me so long to think
of something more suitable for my business card!! )


OK the final Business Card

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click onto the area where the image is suppose
to be at!

3D Design ...

Well completed my model yesterday shocked that I made it!
so worried that the model would be a failure and be incomplete
on top of that!!

Have to sort out my sketchbook work, and  my Portfolio work!!




Have not to worry too much about that as my porfolio was nearly
completed anyway. Sketchbook is also nearly done just have to add
a bit of annotation and stick in my evaluation!

Business Card - try 2

Last time I thought I finished my Business card but I was wrong lol.
I changed the whole look actually

I like this one better I think .. lol о(ж＞▽＜)ｙ ☆


Really tired but will be staying behind tonight at College to try and finish off
most of my model!!

Oh here is how the business card looks like now !!!




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click on the place where the image is suppose
to be at!

3D-Design

Currently have not got to explain my work in 3D-design so well
I am still continuing the model of the Museum I chose to do.



It is quiet difficult in making as I have noticed many problems
that I did not think of as a problem when I was sketching the design
out.


I changed the design slightly which I have to sketch out yet...
Also have been working with a lot of aluminum so I had to polish it
with steel wool many times over. However I used masking tape to cover
the polished surface.

Today I used Araldite ( special glue ) to join the metal pieces together !!
о(ж＞▽＜)ｙ ☆