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ALICE FLETCHER DESIGN FOR FILM AND TELLY
MINI WINDOWS
AS PART OF THE MODEL MAKING MINI PROJECT WE LEARNT HOW TO CREATE LAYED WINDOWS
(NORMAL AND DISTRESSED)
THIS WAS A DIFFICULT AND PRECISE PROCESS HOWEVER IT WAS FUN TO SEE HOW IT WORKED
MINI WINDOWS
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RECYCLED CARDBOARD & CARD
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SCALED TEMPLATE
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METAL RULER
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SWAN SCALPEL
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PVA GLUE
WE HAD TO ROUGHLY CUT OUT THE TEMPLATES AND THE GLUE IT TO THE CARDBOARD
THEN ACCURATELY CUT OUT THE POSITIVE SPACE
THE WINDOW PIECES THEM SELVES HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF THE THINNER CARD INSTEAD OF CARDBOARD
I DECIDED TO USE TWO DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES FOR THE WINDOWS
ONE I CUT OUT EACH SQUARE INDIVIDUALY, CONSTANTLY MOVING IT AROUD
HOWEVER FOR THE OTHER ONE I DID ALL THE CUTS ALONG ONE SIDE AND THEN MOVED TO RULER AND WENT A LONG LIKE THAT
THE SECOND TECHNIQUE DIDNT WORK VERY WELL AND CAUSED THE MOST BREAKS IN THE CARD AND FRAME BENDING MEANING THERE NEEDED TO BE MASKING TAPE REPAIRS ON ALL OF THE SPINDELS
STILL USING THE TEMPLATES, WE BAGUN TO CUT OUT THE WINDOWS ARCHATRAVES IN THE CARDBOARD
HOPEFULLY GIVING GOOD DEPTH TO THE WINDOW FRAME
AFTER EVERYTHING WAS CUT OUT, I COVERED THE WINDOWS IN A LAYER OF PVA GLUE TO SEAL IT IN AND ADDED A FROSTED PLASTIC TO THE BACK TO CREATE THE 'WINDOW' ELEMENT
FINALY I COULD STACK THE ARCHITRAVES ONTOP OF EACHOTHER TO CREATE THE FULL WINDOW THEN COVER THE WHOE THING APART FROM THE PASTIC IN A LAYER OF PVA GLUE TO SEAL ALL THE LAYERS IN
ALSO, IT WAS NOW TIME TO WORK ON THE OTHER WINDOW
WINDOW ONE AFTER THE PVA GLUE DRIED - EVEN THOUGH ITS NOT SUPER NEAT IT LOOKS REALY COOL AND IS THE FIRST PROPER WINDOW I'VE EVER MADE
HOWEVER, I DONT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU NEED TO MAKE ALL THE ARCHITRAVES FOR THE MODEL
THIS IS THE SECOND WINDOW DEVELOPEMENT - THE 'BREAKING DOWN' STAGE
WE WERE ASKED TO USE THE REFERENCE PHOTO PUT UP ON THE BOARD TO WARE AWAY AT THE MOST UNTIDY WINDOW OUT OF THE TWO, AIMING TO CREATE A STORY
I USED A SCALPEL AND CUT AWAY AT THE PLASTIC IN A FEW OF THE WINDOWS
FOR THE SMEERED SECTION THAT WAS DONE MY ADDING PRIT-STICK TO THE BACK
I CUT AWAY SOME OF THE FRAME AS IF IT WAS MADE OUT OF WOOD AND ADDED IN SOME PLASTIC ON OTHER SECTIONS FOR LAYERS
I QUITE ENJOYED MAKING THESE WINDOWS, THE MEDIUM WAS EASIER TO WORK WITH AND IT HAD A CALMING PATTERN. I DIDN'T REALLY ENJOY RUINING THE SECOND ONE AS I HAD SPENT TIME ON MAKING IT LOOK NICE, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING TO TRY AND WORK OUT WAYS OF 'BREAKING IT DOWN'.
THE NICE PART OF THIS PROCESS WAS THE USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS AND THE COLOUR/TEXTURE IT GAVE FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
I FEEL LIKE THIS PROCESS HAS SCOPE AND YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE SO MANY COOL LITTLE WINDOWS. (IT WOULD BE MORE NICE AND SIMPLE IF WE COULD USE THE LAZER CUTTER THOUGH.)
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