Final Design

After finally creating a final 3D design of a structure we both agreed on, we took it back to the metal workshop where this time we spoke to a different technician the older guy. He straight away looked at our design and told us that it was pretty much impossible to make, not only In the time scale we had but also the angles were too complicated and would be taking a big risk to attempt making it. Which was very frustrating to hear, as it wasn’t much more complicated that the designs I had previously already shown so felt like we had been contradicted.

Instead, we then spoke to Aiden in the laser cutter to see if there was any way in which he thought we would be able to create it using wood but instead laser cut. He also told us that it would next to impossible to create on the lazer cutter due to the straight cut of the machine, and the abstract geometric angles that we had used throughout the structure. This was again more bad news which left us feeling almost at a dead end.

We then went to the wood workshop where we had a lengthy chat with the technician and explained out problems that occurred. He said there was definitely a possibility that we could create the structure from wood but we would have to saw and sand down each individual angles ourselves for the structure to slot together perfectly. And with only just over two weeks left for the project, and the structure not being the most important part of our piece, it just seemed slightly pointless to attempt this huge challenge which we both had next to no experience in, and then not have time to create any visual imagery or 3D mapping which was suppose to be the main outcome of our collaboration.