Lighting Project Reflection

I finally finished my candle holder! It took absolutely forever but I am so happy with it. With this only being my second piece, and my first piece larger than a pendant, I definitely learned a lot. First, never underestimate how long it is going to take you! Being sort of a perfectionist I figured that I would spend a lot of time on the sanding and filing, really getting it perfect, but I never thought it would take as long as it did. Because of this, if I were to do this project again I would definitely allow myself more time at the end to really finish everything off nicely, because I felt a little rushed towards the end. I also learned how rough the sanding process can be on your hands. I sanded over a period of 3 days, which left my hands this weird blackish-green color and my fingertips were rubbed raw; not so fun. Another thing that I would do differently is re-think the method that I used to apply my design to the metal. Thinking I was clever, I used sticky label paper but when I went to take the paper off, it would not budge. It took me an extra few hours rubbing the metal with alcohol to get all the sticky off. After this mishap I will definitely be using plain old rubber cement for future projects.

I would like to figure out a way to give the bent corners a nicer edge. There weren't any surfaces small enough to be able to bend and hammer all 4 sides down, so they're mostly just bent with my fingers, which is fine but, again, I'm kind of a perfectionist, so I would like a cleaner fold. I also thought about adding a patina, but after spending all this time on it I would definitely want to do some tests first. All in all I am really happy with this being my first project and can't wait to get more experience creating handmade pieces.

1 design 3 materials creative caffeine with megan

For our new project, I worked with Megan to work out some ideas about Hype: what it is, some examples, and different ways to integrate it into the community.
We started with a bubble map of what Hype is and what it does.

Next, we made lists of issues that could be addressed using hype and some sort of product.













Here are the 10 actions hyping something that we came up with..

This is a coffee cup sleeve that shows you an effect of drinking too much coffee: blood shot eyes.

This would be a trash can cover of some sort with a large picture of a landfill to make people think twice about all of their food waste.

This is an identification card, as found in plants, for humans. It is meant to show that people do not get as much time outdoors as we need.

This is a mask for a person to wear to remind smokers that secondhand smoke affects everyone, and urges them to "keep it to yourself."

This light switch cover is used as a deterrent for excessive energy being wasted. It takes more effort than the average light switch, and therefore makes people think twice about using it when it is unnecessary

This would be a sculptural piece of some sort. It uses green toy soldiers to show that war and imagery of war is everywhere, maybe in some places that it shouldn't be.

Here is a button urging people to "Talk don't Text," because Americans are so reliant on technology.

This product integrates a sign, which reads "Be Germ Free: Protect your fingers from the keys," with some sort of finger guard, against germs. Every person would carry around their own germ guard to keep them from getting sick.

This sticker makes people aware that sleep deprivation can be a problem, and is unhealthy.

This sign takes the idea of recycling and makes it more appealing to people by showing them that they can save money at the same time, by recycling expensive textbooks and buying them used.

finished tree

Here are some pics of my finished jewelry tree.. I'm pretty happy with how it came out. All of the leaves are separate so it is completely customizable..
and there are some with holes for earrings.

HYPE!

10 examples of hype are: