Experimenting with materials
3D
10/09/14
As part of my studies in college, I am experimenting with different materials that would enable me to create 3D objects. So face I have tested clay, moulding it into a small ‘portrait’ of someone opposite me.
Safety when using clay
Safety when using clay
When using materials, such as clay, certain measurements must be put in place so as to make it safe while using it. In the case of this material, obvious measurements, such as ‘Do not eat’ are in place, as well as ‘Do not throw or put in eyes’ and so forth. As well as this, it is imperative to clean hands and surfaces that have touched the material, as when it dries, it creates a lot of dust, which, when inhaled can cause Silicosis, a lung fibrosis, due to the high levels of silica within the material.
My model
Evaluatiom
As it was one of my first times using this material to create something more than an object of 2D value, I found it rather difficult to come to grips with. However, after a while I had finally managed to get used to the texture and stiffness of the material. I was able to mould the clay into the general shape of the head and shoulders, then begin to develop it by contouring and using a wire to add finer details, such as eyes. While it does not look like the person I was doing the portrait of, I am still rather impressed by the result.
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Safety when using wire
As with using clay, measures need to be put into place so that it is safe when using this material. Using wire requires cutting it, and when cut, the wire can often spring up and become a danger. Goggles must be worn so as to prevent any damage to the eyes. Also, when working with the wire, it can be rather sharp, so in some cases, gloves must be worn to protect hands from damage.
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Wire has a negative space, so for this lesson, we were to make something with negative space into something that had a positive space. This meant twisting the wire into an automatic shape that was 3D, and that could be later developed.Model (Part 1)
Model (Part 2)
After adding a little more wire, I could then begin to fill in some of the sculpture with tissue paper top create the positive space, While messy, the completed sculpture was a mixture of both negative and positive space.Combining wire and clay
After experimenting with wire and tissue paper to create a possitive space out of a negative space, we then moved on to combining wire with clay to create a small model. The wire would be used as a skeketon and the clay to build up and develop into a small model of a person.
The idea of this was to create a possitive space by using a material with a large negative space.
While my wire skeleton didn't resemble much of a person, once I began to develop wit using clay it eventually came together. However, I had to remove the two wire hoops I had created for the head as they were to big and weighed down the model.
While my wire skeleton didn't resemble much of a person, once I began to develop wit using clay it eventually came together. However, I had to remove the two wire hoops I had created for the head as they were to big and weighed down the model.
Once I had finished it I added minimal detail and decorations, however, the weight of the head of the model was still too heavy for the spine to sopport, and so I had to use a little of the wire to support the head to keep the model upright so that it didn't fall over and snap.
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