FMP - week 4 (1)

Today, I took on board the advice given to me during last week’s group discussion. 

I scored on a small piece of polypropylene and cardboard to create the Water bomb tessellation by Eric Gjerde. To do this I first unfold the paper tessellation, which enables me to see the folded lines. Then, using a scalpel I score on the polypropylene sheet and cardboard the folded lines on the paper. This technique worked on both materials. Though, the polypropylene piece has a better finish than the cardboard, as the cardboard looks scruffy and worn out. Whereas, the polypropylene piece stays in its form as the materials is harder. However, during the process of making the two pieces, it was much easier scoring and folding the cardboard version, as the materials take less effort to manipulate. On the other hand, the polypropylene sheet is much harder as a material, so it was really difficult to manipulate into the Water bomb tessellation. 
 

Water Bomb tessellation

cardboard version of a section of the Water bomb tessellation

Polypropylene version of a section of the Water bomb tessellation

I did not expect this method to work, so I was surprised that it turned out the way it did. 

Next I will be choosing a design from the drawings I have done and make a model of it. I might possibly be using the machines in the workshop to do this. I will be having a group discussion using our blog instead of the usual sketchbook. I will have to update my blog to this week. 

Looking back at my action plan and timetable it shows that this week is meant for exploring a range of methods. This is the target that I will be working on throughout this week. It also says that I will be picking a final design and draw out floor plan. This is the target that I won’t be achieving through this week, since I am still at the early stage of developing my designs. I will start finalizing my idea once I have developed two or three of my designs, which I will be doing during this and next week.