The idea was we had 20 strips of pasta to work with, we had to make a stable structure that held and supported 3 juggling balls. The first thing that went through my mind was oh my gosh, how am I going to achieve this. To help me process it, I did roughly around 20 sketches in my sketchpad. When sketching "medium" is very important, it means the drawings should be done in not only pencil or pen but chalk, and fine-liners. I used pastels for my 2 page idea spread.
Techniques used to help design roughly
- squiggly lines
- straight lines
- colour pattern
- dot to dot
- draw a number
- blind drawing
- 5 second sketches
- other hand sketches
- These are all techniques i have acquired and used throughout 3D and some other pathways.
The making of the structure
The sketches did not initially have to foreshadow what your final structure looked like, for me my sketches only helped me think of the correct frame. I knew a triangle frame would give the support to the piece so i went over got my spaghetti strips and started gluing. For this project we were allowed to use glue guns which made life a lot easier. Instantly my brain told me to use two pieces of pasta per stick to double the strength, the pasta was fairly robust and it was also very flexible. The only problem that did occur occasionally was the hot glue from the gun melt the pasta, and if that happened we were allowed to get more pasta as a result.
I have added these pictures as they show me making the base and real structure to my product,i created a triangular piece which actually stood up without wobbling. The red ball is one of the juggling balls were were meant to use.
The other aim of the day was to get the juggling balls as high off the ground as possible to win a prize. The funny thing was the prize was a pack of spaghetti.
I really enjoyed this making process, as it was trial and error and sometimes just making is the best way to find out what works and what does not.
I kept building to strengthen my product, using two pieces of pasta per frame. These photographs show the final product, we had to shoot them under a light to create shadow as seen on the left. The shadow to me almost recreates a solar system. The earth being green, mars red, and the sun yellow.
To improve on the project i switched the balls for food to see what it can hold and therefore i knew its strength, and this was ideal for the next challenge in store
- This shows me putting my kit-kat into my structure. Other products we could test were
- pencils
- paper
- food etc.
The next challenge
Geoff set us a second challenge and that was to make a cover or distraction for our pasta structure, that could be able to hold off a basketball when dropped from a respectable height. Another challenge was added to that one, we were only allowed i A1 sheet of paper and 2 smaller pieces to protect our model. Again for me i just made and went with the outcome.
I eventually made the protective roof by wrapping the paper over to create this circular light like structure that sat nicely onto my pasta frame. It looks like something Ikea would sell as the oval shape is similar to lamps that they sell.
The light underneath really gives my pasta frame some definition.
In the picture on the top right you you can just make out a tiny frame of a stick person these we used to add some perspective.
We all put our models in one line and the tutors got a basketball out and one by one bounced the ball upon our work, to see if the pasta structure was strong enough to survive. Mine actually lasted so i was very pleased.
Questions
what worked and why?
I think my whole idea worked the structure I made actually stood up and was very stable and supported the three juggling balls, and this was because I had made sure in the making process that I layered the pasta in two's to add strength to the layers.
What could i have done differently?
If I had to redo the challenge I would change the shape to make it a tad more complicated but that's all.
How can i prepare for Thursdays last challenge ?
To prepare all I can do is remember all the tests I have done previously and take that experience and put into my model bridge.
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