Week Seven: Day One

Final Piece Development

Authors Own, 2014

The development process of my final model took a lot longer than expected. Although I had already experimented with these materials during my experimentation and idea development stage, it took me two attempts to achieve the right shape and for me to be happy with the results. The Plywood was not the right material to use for this type of structure. For future reference I need to remember to start my final model earlier. If I had been able to use the laser cutter to cut each individual piece of wood then the process would have been a lot neater and faster.
At first when I made the structure it was fine but I realised I had not measured each piece of plywood properly so the construction was very obvious instead of the model flowing in a more natural and aesthetically pleasing way.

Authors Own, 2014

Adding the lights to my model was the easiest part, but I had to be very careful that the hot glue didn't melt the wires. To avoid this I glued along the edges of the model, waited for 2-3 seconds and then placed the wires on the glue so that it wasn't too hot.
The switches at the bottom was a little more difficult. I didn't realise the difference this would cause in terms of levelling. after attaching everything to the foam board base I found my model to be uneven due to the added height of the switches. I found a piece of wood which was of a similar thickness and placed that on the opposite end of both of the switches.

Authors Own, 2014

The roof became too small for the model because the bottom base kept moving. I cut the perforated card into various sized pieces (keeping in mind to match the corners of the model itself) and then used wooden sticks to hide the visible joining lines of each piece of card and the glue. This added a new and more interesting effect tot eh roof, the lights have an interruption added which makes the shadows even more interesting and also it is aesthetically more pleasing, it makes the om sign stand out due to this which is a added bonus.