PAPERCRAFT OBJECTS: FINAL REVISION

For this project, we had to re-create our prototypes from last week but this time incorporate comments from our critique and use the laser printer to cut our templates. 

    My main goal with this project was to make my piece bigger, use more realistic colours, and add way more detail. 

    Here is my original 3D prototype in rhino, and then how I unrolled it and prepared it for the laser printer. 

Once I had all of my paper cut, (I forgot to take pictures), I started by gluing all the pieces together, and adding smaller details because I knew it would be harder to add them once the main shape of the kiln was made. 

 

I made a small bowl to sit on the kiln shelves that I made since I wasn't able to make the peeps on my kiln actually removable, which is something that was mentioned last week in our critique. 

For the "stripes" on the inside of the kiln, which are actually the coil elements in real kilns, I constructed the reflective parts first, then cut out the cream-coloured paper to fit each side, then I cut small strips of grey paper and individually glued each one on. It ended up looking pretty good!

The biggest struggle I had with constructing this piece was the peeps, as I had forgotten to adjust the size of the tabs before I printed them, and they basically ended up being the same size as my prototype. So it was extremely tedious to put them together, but I knew it would make the kiln so much better, so I toughed it out and put them together.

Here are the final photos of my completed kiln!

Front: 

Back:

Side:

The lid handle:

I created this contraption so that the kiln lid would be able to open and close, and it's not totally accurate to how the bar on a real kiln looks, but it I came up with it quickly on the fly and it works!

The kiln shelves: 

The shelves with the bowl:

Here are the peeps!

The control panel: 

The kiln lid open:

And the kiln lid closed: 

Overall I had a LOT of fun with this project, and I would definitely do it again! It was also a lot easier using the laser printer instead of having to hand cut EVERYTHING out. 

I'm super happy with how this turned out, and everyone in the ceramics department loved it! I'm going to find a place in the studio where it can be displayed so that everyone will be able to see it.

- Cait