Tuesday, 30 September 2008

In The Beginning

Project is now officially started.


This project is to be treated as an exercise into hard edge model making and material creativity with a possibility of some sculptural depending on objects chosen. There will be a brief design aspect, the majority being the specific reasons behind the collection of objects and their need to be together.


This could also include the production of random objects. Or tools and devices required for efficient urban living, made from objects found in and around the home.

  • Research areas could include


-Design Specifics

  • Survival equipment.
  • Climbing equipment.
  • Household materials, and their properties once scale up. (I.e. Normal clothe would not bend or move the same for a borrower and would perhaps to be heavy).
  • Useful items, such as keys, safety pins or needles.
  • Construction techniques, use of weaving, gluing, material workmanship ect in the borrowers scale.


-Aesthetic and physical properties

  • Project restrictions, are props to mimic the acutely theoretical weight making a key feel allot heavier.
  • How simple objects will look when scaled up, imperfections and colour variations will appear more prominent.
  • Finishing techniques, will objects be made from actual materials or art worked to look like it? Will depend of cost and weight

-Things to consider

  • Time constraints, what’s better one great item or a series of good ones?
  • Will props be working or pure representation?
  • Where and why these prop would be used in the film industry?
  • Safety Issues, some object may contain sharp or pointed edges, will these need to be removed or produced in safer materials?

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