Replica: Mezzadro

Started the second part of the brief.

Making another model out of similar materials.

Learnt a little trick today.

Pin the foam model in the dips, this allows the plastic to get into the details.

The offcut plastic looks like a face if you add eyes.

Or Edvard Munch's 'scream' if you want to get into specifics.



'Oh sugarmonkeys'!'



I think I might do the seat again because it has split a bit up one side.

Replica: Mezzadro

How it looks all assembled.

1st part of the brief over.

Need to make it from similar materials now.

Toys: Wooden Family

Varnishing the family today.

Hope I don't get a headache.



Replica: Mezzadro

Made the bottom foot. I'm not pleased with it. I might do it again if time will let me.

Also been cutting tiny things to stick on.

All the seperate pieces.

Replica: Mezzadro

Changed the original mold but for no reason because I haven't used it again and have been working with the cast I made from before.

Cut the holes into the seat and need to stick little bits back on.

The seat so far.

Replica: Mezzadro

DISASTER!!

Its twanged back.

The mold needs to be changed to compensate for this.


Edit: Not as big a disaster as I originally thought. The plastic can be squished into shape.

Kids Seating - Model

The upholstery armour stuff. Inspired by Japanese armour.

How it looks on the chair. I haven't added the straps because they're a bit small and fiddly.



Hate the wonky leg!!! Oh well.





Replica: Mezzadro

Plastic welded 2 pieces of plasticard together around the mold.

I'm going to leave it overnight.



Kids Seating - Model

Finshed the plastic part of the model.



It reminds me of a dog from this angle.



Need to make the upholstery armour.

Replica: Mezzadro

Cut out the seats with scissors and then smoothed the edges.

I think it looks better when I cut out the dimples. However, I need to smooth the edges and stick bottoms to the gaps.

Need to holepunch the thing as well.

Kids Seating - Model

Lots of model making today. I've made most of the parts but they just need sticking together. They're stuck together with white-tac at the moment. The backrest needs adding also.

I bought a new small paintbrush to replace my tatty old one. The first time I used plastic weld with it and the bristles started melting. Resorted to using a MASSIVE brush and welding myself to the table. Not fun at all.



Pictured: A nightmare

This is what happens when plastic weld comes in contact with air.

Replica: Mezzadro

Today I did some vacuum forming.

These are the results.



Fail 1.

                              Problem is I didn't leave the plastic under the heater for long enough.

Fail 2.

A bit better this time but the dimples haven't shown up well. It was also quite difficult to remove the mold from the plastic. I'm going to have to taper the edges.

Kids Seating - Model

I never liked the model I made for it before so I've decided to re-do it.

Replica: Mezzadro

Been making the molds for the replica chair project today out of foam.

The mold on the right was quick and easy to do. I'm going to bend some modelling plasticard around it to make the seat base. Using this method will hopefully mean that the angles will be correct. 



Awesome ass-groove action on the left there.



The mold on the left is the seat. It has dimples in it and was annoying to do. I'm going to vacuum form over it and see how it turns out.  

Replica: Mezzadro

Drawn dimensions for model of the Mezza' chair.

DEADLINES

Have so much stuff to do I need to write it all down.

KIDS SEATING MODEL - AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

INDUSTRIAL VISIT - THURS 24th March
Email powerpoints to RW before 10am on the 24th

REPLICA - MON 28th MARCH
PART 1 Entirely made of plasticard

COMPUTING - TUES 3RD MAY
EXHIBITION SPACE
ARTICLE

STREAMLINING ESSAY - TUES 3RD MAY

PORTFOLIO - TUES 3rd MAY 1pm
Produce portfolio of your work for this module to date that will be the basis for discussion at your end of year tutorial.This will involve both the collation of work completed, the revisiting of individual pieces of work and the generation of new pieces of visual communication.
REQUIREMENTS
Make it A3.
Cow PArade
A bulb drop
Seating for kids
Gaffer parts 1 and 2
The portfolio must contain design development, presentation boards and technical/orthographic projections for each of the above. Where a model was a requirement of the original brief a photograph of the model should be used.

TOYS - TUES 3rd MAY (DE0828 & 0829)
REQUIREMENTS
Both 2d and 3d parts of the project
1:1 scale Toys and Packaging
Portfolio of visual research and marketing concepts
A maximum of four A3 presentation Boards
A full set of technical drawings including an orthographic general arrangement (GA)
Supportive sketch work and design development drawings.

DIGITAL PORTFOLIO - TUES 3rd MAY 1pm
Put on Coroflot.
1.) At least one project from DE0830 showing sketch work, development and final outcome.
2.) At least one of  the Toy projects aain showing the design process as well as one of the final 'things'.
3.) Completed profile section

VIS COMM SKETCHBOOK - TUES 3rd MAY
Colin has encouraged you to keep a sketchbook to support the work you have completed for the modules he has led. Present with Toy project.

ErgonoMIC's ASSIGNMENT - FRI 6th MAY DE0829
Observe somebody unloading a ''heavy'' or ''awkward'' object from a car and create at least nine frames in which, when annotated or accompanied by notes, describe how the task was completed. The frames should illustrate the whole task from start to finish, and the annotations draw attention to the manual handling and ergomic aspects of the task.

REPLICA PART 2 - MON 9TH MAY 1PM
Model made from same sort of materials as the true chair.

SHELAGH PRESENTATION -9TH to 13TH MAY
Food production sustainability
Town in North Yorkshire

Toys: Wooden Family

Drilled the pupils in. Sanded the edges smoother. Made them hair which needs sticking. Also need to varnish them. Not going to do any more to them.

Gaffer: 2 objects.

I went for Mega Tooth Brush. The most awesomeness toothbrush in the bathroom cabinet.

I'm very fond of WordArt lately.

Gaffer: Wearable, portable

Final board for portable part of project. I changed the name to CAR GAFF 6000 because obviously its cheaper than CAR GAFF 7000 but is still upgradable.

Gaffer: 2 objects.

Double edged toothbrush. Save 30 seconds of time by brushing both top and bottom sets of teeth at the same time.

Gaffer: Wearable, portable

Another board illustrating the frustration of not having a parking space when trying to park.

Mad guy complains to pregnant lady: I don't care if you're having a baby, think of someone else for a change. I need to get my fix of Taylor Lautner. Woman.

THIS IS ALL SARCASM. I'm hating the project and want other people to hate it as well.

Gaffer: 2 objects.

Tape with holes in strapped to 2 rulers means you can draw consistent dashed lines.

Gaffer: Wearable, portable

One of the boards I might use for the 5 minute pitch of the product.

Its marketed at the clinically insane.

This board represents paranoia and being constantly being told what/what not to do and just general people getting in the way.

Gaffer: 2 objects.

Left shoe on the right pictured on the left attached to right shoe on the left pictured on the right.

You're probably thinking why tape two shoes together? Its pointless!?

Well my friend, these shoes aren't made for walking, they're for 3 legged races.

Gaffer: Wearable, portable

Design 1: Comic Sans + Tiled pictures = a decadent extravagance of naffness! YAY!

Design 2:  Comic Sans (rainbow) + smiley faces + bright, ugly colours = Lovely horribliness.

Black, white and boring is the design I'm going for.



Gaffer: 2 objects.

Want to make cuts in paper about 1 cm apart? No problem with 'a pair of a pair of scissors'!

Gaffer: Wearable, portable

Instructions for ze packaging.



Step 1



Step 2

Step 3



Gaffer: 2 objects.

2 pens stuck together. One black, one blue.