Friday, 15 February 2013

Progress...

While fantasising about making water and airtight perspex cubes, the harsh realisation is that to fabricate them myself would require probably more skill and time that I possess! I managed to make five half-cubes to assemble together but even with the correct solvents I cannot make them watertight. I think this would be possible if I painstakingly sanded down the edges and took some classes in holding my hands steady...
So I looked at getting the fabrication done outside of university. Unfortunately my love of expensive materials is starting to get in the way. I received a quote of £170 (!) for four 200mm cubes which is definitely out of my price range for an experimental work. Ah well.

Here's how the cubes are sitting at the moment, I have an idea that will utilise my failure and transform these pieces into a new installation work. This will be focused around the visual display of the main UK political parties commitment to environmental issues.


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