Plans, materials and spray test

Spray testing

Continued experimenting with the ability to spray a convincing metallic surface.














Tested the following...
-Chrome plasti-kote spray, with cellulose lacquer and acrylic lacquer.
-aluminium metal powder resign sprayed - with with cellulose lacquer and acrylic lacquer.

So far, they all look metallic, but all retain that plastic like appearance, this kind of spray may not be useful.

Material Testing















Using samples of cord and ribbon, larger scales of weave were produced, using string to represent the thread. This was hand made to represent the fibres at the borrower scale.
worked very well, but the thickness may need to be increased to make a truer representation.

Using various plastics (bin liners), these were melted together to form plastic at the borrower scale, overall the plastic became around 2mm thick, this will be used in test to better understand possible ways of working with plastic at borrower scale.

The Plans are as follows

-Clothe, will be hand made from threads/rope etc.
-LED, cast in clear cast with metal interior components.
-Watch battery, hand made, from either aluminium, or chemi-wood with a metal spray application.
-Magnetic latter, made from wood or cheap acrylic (depends on weight) , then sprayed to mimic plastic.
-Key, laser cut from acrylic, hand finished and damaged then cast in resin with metal powder.
-Clasps and clips, made from steal to mimic staples.
-Various pockets, made from large scale prints onto plastics.
-Button (as time permits) turned, then airbrushed to a plastic effect.