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3d: Assignment 3, CDL

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Towards Zero Waste!

Representing the four types of waste in food form is a way to show the world our bad attitude – denial. The four, solid, liquid, hazardous and organic, may seem enticing and innocent to eat but the result of that is death. We deny the harsh facts and we choose to live our lives carelessly as the world dies. If we continue to consume daily innocent products mindlessly, we are directly hurting ourselves and the future generation. We must recognise that. This sculpture, shines a different light on waste – one that is tempting to consume – but in turn shines different light on us; a reflection. It strives to remind people the simple hard truth.

By taking our daily lives as inspration, we as mankind, find it hard to accept the simple hard truth.

The concept starts with us, as people of the world. We forget daily that we need to take care of our home.

Ridiculously huge amounts of rubbish amounted into hills are forgotten, and we choose to fool and distract ourselves with worldly material – eventually causing the death of us. Innocent daily life becomes a sin, till we change it.

What may seemingly be innocent food items, represented into the 4 types of waste(solid, liquid, hazardous, organic), will kill us if we choose to keep eating (consuming) it. We would rather lie to ourselves than to know we are intoxicating ourselves and our future children.

I first started moulding newspaper together into the shapes desired. Then taking strips of more newspaper and glue to smooth out the surface to paint.

3d: Assignment 2 – BOREDOM

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In the above picture, shows how two men in Merrifield’s video, were so bored they were so focused in hanging a pile of clothes on a white rack. Taking this concept, we learn that in order to work properly and efficient, we need to be bored for a certain amount of time.

My product will challenge its user to at the calmest state of mind – boredom – while being visually and audibly stimulated.

First I had to figure out a way to make the paper shine inside the goggles like it does on its own. I realised the paper needs to placed in the cup at different angles and light plays an important role. No light, no shine.

I finalised on this square shaped diamond format. Glued them together and supported by tissue paper underneath. Something light that would drag the goggles down.

My initial idea was to more of a glasses format where a thin piece of metal would connect the two plastic cups and the user would use it like spectacles. I realised it was really hard to drill a hole as the whole cup would just break, so I decided to make a pair of goggles from a piece of cloth.

Using my face as reference, I cut out the holes and drew a smaller circle about a cm smaller. When I fit the cups in, it held the cups tightly in place with tension. I sewed the 4 sides of cloth to stop it from fraying.

As for the light, I used LED lights controlled by a switch and powered by batteries. My father helped and taught me with how to link the wires into place. I shouldered the edge of the cup so that the LED light could be glued flushed into the cup. and my final model!