Making Workshop
Paper model 1 We created a section of our model using paper, which will be the medium we use for our final submission. There was a flexibility to our model, however it did not neatly stay together using tape. After creation, we realised that we will have to think carefully about the size of the pyramids and how they will fit together to ensure a fitted wraparound to the arm. The irregularity of the pyramids is another factor that we want to develop.
Play-doh model For the second task, we used play-doh to make a scale model to fit the mannequin. It was possible to form the whole overall curved shape of the model more easily than with our paper trial, however it was almost as if the model was in two parts - the underlying sshape, and the protusions that were joined on top. It lost a lot of the angular look that the paper gave to the model; instead there was roundness and curve. Doing it to scale allowed us to see what it would look like on a human.
Paper model 2 (movement) We returned to paper for the last model, however this time there was an emphasis on trying to create a sense of movement with the paper. After feedback on our first model, we decided to try to create ‘tabs’ which would help with the joining of the small paper pyramid modules. We experimented with contrasts in rigidity/flexibility in the paper. The tabs also gave us more control.