During Week 7 of Unit X, myself and Katie took a few days out of uni to get started on building our structure. Luckily, we both have family members in the joinery profession, so being able to take advantage of the materials and process' available to us has been a massive help. My boyfriend allowed us to use his workshop to construct our frame and with his guidance we were able to take a front seat in the making process, allowing us to both gain some really valuable experience in larger scale construction and design. The day went really smoothly and it was great to see our design translate so well into its 3D state. The most challenging bit, apart from getting to grips with using power tools! was adapting to the structure as it developed. Although we had calculated original measurements, it was important that we continued to view the structure from a free standing perspective, which ended up being a really vital exercise. The measurements of the structure soon began to alter, as we were now starting to see how our separate frames would look when placed together; in terms of size, space and stability.
Painting Process | Colour Palette | Achieving a neon look with fluorescent paints.
Being in charge of the structure within our team has been a hard task at times, as we have been working on such a large scale, there hasn't been too many opportunitys to sample or test. Our work has simply had to develop and evolve from the tasks we have undertaken. I think this is why we enjoyed the painting process so much, as we were able to experiment more with different combinations and colours. I am really happy at what we have managed to achieve with our structure, I do feel we took on a big task but I believe this was always our intention from the start, to push ourselves and our abilities!
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