For myself this project was completely different from my
last, it didn't involve as much problem solving and failed attempts as the
first but none the less it still took a bit elbow grease and perseverance. In
the end I was reasonably happy with my result, although given more time i
believe i could have achieved a more precise outcome for my interdisciplinary skin.
The differences between the two objects that i have focused on throughout this
subject are vast but in being so different they have been able to teach me
varying sets of metalworking techniques that i would have otherwise not come
across, had i attempted to do something much similar to my first project.
I now see the value in choosing another person’s work from
different discipline for the second project within this course, it’s not the
fact that you learn anything in particular about their industry but the fact
that it teaches you other techniques within the metal shaping industry, having
to attempt a completely alternate form from your own.
As with most things in life the more you do something the
better you become at it. This is certainly the case for metalworking, the more
you involve yourself in the process and information you can pick up from your
own attempts and the more you listen and learn from the people around you both
with experience and without it, the better you become at the process, and this
is certainly reflected in not only the quality of your work but within the
process you take along the journey to that final product.
The things i could have done better throughout this process were:
- Taking the time shape a solid model for the skin to be shaped on
- Persevering with the handle attached to the head, possibly thinking out the process a little more before getting into it
- Not using a permanent marker to draw in lines on the outer surface
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