Project Three: Input Final

For project Three I was responsible for making the input which would control the switch That Holly Designed. Holly and I worked together to create something that would only work if you used our two components. Our overall idea was to have something that released tiny bits of metal which would touch the wiring of LED lights and switch them on. 

Input:

For  the input I created a tube made out of clear plastic which I vacuumed formed over a glass bottle. I then filled this with tiny metal shavings. I used a cork to control when I did and didn't want the shavings  to come out. 

Holly's component was a plastic vacuum formed cup which had LED lights on the outside with the wiring in the inside. The LED lights where placed in layers so the fuller the cup got with metal shavings the more layers of LED lights that turned on.

Project Two: Final

For this project I used the two materials rubber and fluid. I moulded liquid latex and then marbled the inside and outside to show the emotions  confidence and self continuousness. 

Image One:

 Image one shows the outside of the mould and represents confidence through the bright colours that have been used. 

Image Two:

This image shows the inside of the mould and I have used pale colours to show the emotion self continuousness. The cracks and flaking of the nail polish has been done to show that the rubber is trying to move past being unconfident.

Image Three:

The final image is of the inside and I have tried to capture where the bright colours have started to come across into where the pale colours are. I have done this to show that the material is trying to gain confidence. 

Lab Three: Relationship Between Two Materials

The first on the left is of moss growing in the gutter with the water flowing past it. I chose this to show the relationship between the two and how the water helps the moss to grow. The second on the right is of my teddy bear. I have tried to show the relationship between the fur and cotton. Without the cotton stitching the bear would not hold together.

Lab Two: Failure

I exploded two marshmallows in the microwave. This caused the marshmallows to expand out real far and then pop. Once it cooled down and I twisted it all the cracks appeared. While in the microwave the marshmallows also over cooked resulting in a change of colour.

Lab One: Paper Composition Drawing

Here using my paper composition, I have looked at the different angles of it and used the methods of layering and rotating to create this final drawing.

Project One: Final

The material I chose to explore and use for my final hand-in was plastic. I used glad wrap as my form of plastic. I found plastic a very rewarding material to use. I like the way you could create textures with it and deform as well as create interesting compositions with it. 

Surface One:

For this surface I have tried to show a contrast between the exterior and interior of the glad wrap. It os not what you would expect but when rolling it into a ball and then cutting in half the glad wrap is quite spongey in the interior and the food colouring makes it look quite frosty.

Surface Two:

For this surface I explored the property that allows the plastic to stretch. I really like this photo because it looks like ripples which is a really illusion of what it actually is. 

Surface Three:

Here I have used the technique of moulding the plastic using my hands. I created multiple 'bumps' and arranged them in a grid layout. When taking the photo I wanted to create a illusion of a landscape. I think that this looks like a mountain landscape. 

Project One: Studio One

In our first studio we were sent away to find three materials which we would then use to discover what they were made of and what you could do with them. The aim was to understand your chosen materials and really discover its properties. To do this we were given the rest of the studio to go down to the workshop and crush, burn, melt, drill, hammer, scratch, pull apart etc our materials. I chose to use a candle, cable ties, ball of wire and cotton wool as my materials. With the candle I just hammered it. From the hammering it created these really nice cracks revealing the different layers of wax. I also observed that the more you hammered it the whiter the candle went. In some parts it looked as if I had melted the candle but in fact it was just the result of the pressure that came from hammering it. With the cable ties I experimented with the heat gun and melted them together. It sort of created different thickness of cable tie as it had melted so much it some parts that it had very thin strands attached. The ball of wire was an interesting material to work with. After I had unraveled it I discovered that it was actually a sock. I basically just stretched it, bent it and burnt it which caused it to loose its silver colour and shine. Finally with the cotton wool I wasn't to sure what would happen but i got a whole lot and went them with water which made them go hard. I didn't get the chance to burn them but I did use sand paper which was pretty cool as the sand paper collect strands of wool. It had quite a static look. I also teased the cotton wool to when it was dry. I am no too sure what material I would like to use for my final surfaces but I am very excited to do some more experimenting.