My Digital Making Journey- Original Tutorials and Reflection: Reflection: Interdisciplinary Skin Part 1: Reflection

For my Interdisciplinary skin i chose to do a plastic mallet which is part of the construction management discipline. The mallet form and shape is quite different from that of my first project item, 

After analyzing the work of the previous student for this particular shape i wanted to try and challenge myself by adding a few extra elements to the skin and also attempting to create a closer fit for the mallet as i believed the shape could be improved upon. Although this form may not be as technically difficult as my first project i believe it will present its own individual challenges, especially when it comes to the changes in curvature from the head shape to the handle form.

In knowing how much i actually learnt from the process involved in the first project, i knew that even though this object was a much simpler form that i would be able to learn a lot of things from this process regardless. this is what dove me to apply myself for this assignment.

A suggestion for this assignment would be to thoroughly investigate the work of the student in which you swapped with and review the techniques and strategies that they used. Take the time to talk to them about the issues that they faced and possibly look a new ways at improving upon that. this can only have positive results for your own project.

The following images are examples of the plastic mallet in which the model was based off:
Interdisciplinary found object: