Project 2, Design

• The precedents that I have researched for this project inspired the idea to take recreate a recycled material into something more. A plain old can that now resembles a industrial looking modern light, a ball made from several bottle caps and a light that makes you think through its organic aesthetics.

• I struggled to come up with a stance behind my idea in a context/narrative representation, as well as choosing one or more of the 3 categories for an idea. Thus I had rapidly changing ideas on what I should settle on. From the first, to use old glasses/teacups as light shades. To the second, to create some sort of game involving light as a measure of keeping score. Then thirdly, to incorporating electronic components (eg: muscle wire) to express a calming mood of tranquility. However after researching the components needed like the muscle wire and timer, and reading about it. The principle of these components I could understand but the more complicated methods of connecting the circuits went beyond me. So still being a beginner with electronic components I opted for a simpler method.

Returning to my earlier ideas of using recycled material to be an interventional light and to invoke an emotive response.

• Furthering Ideas

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• Technical aspects explained

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• Solving Problems

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My first idea was to use a heat gun to form the flowers, but it was too hot and did not do what I had intended it too so I went a different way. I chose instead to cut the petals out individually and curl them slightly by hand.

I used a hand drill to drill the holes into designs inspired by nature (sticking to motif). The coated in a waterproof spray-paint and then again back to silver to erase all the markings and to its original colour. I had also bent the edges of the can out so that it could sit nicely into the top part of the design.

With some help on the lathe, the first lathed top piece came out wrong and the measurements weren't quite right either and had to redo it.

The second piece came out perfect. I rubbed vaseline into the surface emphasize the woods colour and grain. I then coated in enamel to water-proof it. I had also drilled a small hole in the center top for the placement of a hook to hang the light by.

My finished flowers made out of recycled milk bottles came out really nice. They are the frame for the three LED's. They will also provide a diffuser of sorts on the edges of LED's as they stick out far from the can.

This piece will be the platform for the battery and switch and is located just inside near the top of the can. The middle hole is for the wires the go through that connects to the LED's.

This is what the connections look like inside. After positioning them in the right places I carefully stuck the wires to the side, as to not interfere with the light that shines out from the hanging LED. The process of connecting the LED's together took a while for me as I struggles with using resisters as these are 3V LED's and I am using a 12V battery. I was going to use resisters as I was scared I would blow the LED's but they just made the light too dim for what I wanted and took them out.

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My light is intended as an outdoor light, but after completing it I decided that it could also be just as effective as an indoor light (like fairy or Christmas lights).

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• Changing of ideas
• Punching the holes
• The light switch
• Metal chain vs beading
• Beading holding weight
• Can able to sit comfortable inside and twist