Just one more blog post today, I promise. I mean really, this blog is more for me than it is for you, incorporeal reader. I'm just telling myself things. Here is my plan, written down so that I know what the hell I'm doing for the next little while. One of my holiday gifts was this lovely book, DIY Furniture by Christopher Stuart. In it, several designers present plans for some of their projects. It's a great book for getting ideas and visualizing projects from start to finish, but especially for me it's a nice reference guide. Looking at Erwin Zwiers's To Become One Seat stool, I learned about rubber pond liner, which could be a good material for containing the non-newtonian ooze and stretching when sat on. It would allow for much more movement.
In the case of Nicola Golfari's Poltrona (Armchair), I learned about structural piping and how to cover structural parts with more finished materials. I'll look into finding 3/8" diameter "hydraulic pipe" and 1 5/8" diameter handrail tube to create a structure. Mike informed me that "hydraulic pipe" is only something that would be used for a hydraulic press specifically. The pipe pictured in the DIY book is more likely zinc coated aluminum or steel. I am to go to Stadium Hardware where they are knowledgeable about such things and where they have pipe cutters that can add a thread to the pipe. |
HOWEVER, before I make any big purchases, I'm going to make some models out of wire clothes hangers and plastic wrap. This will allow me to work with the form and to see how to best contain the ooze with geometry and gravity. My hope (as in, this has not happened, I have no proof that it will happen, and I am not making claims for what my project will do) is that I can leave the arms of the chair hollow and connected to the bottom. When someone sits on the seat, the ooze is displaced up into the arms of the chair and then, because the sides of the arms will be elastic, the material spreads out, effectively grasping the person seated. Again, no evidence that this will happen. I am not making a warrant for the arrest of a project to call my own, I am saying what I hope and expect will happen with this experiment.
Perhaps in the meantime, I will work on transporting the ooze into a container that takes up less space than the massive couch mock-up. Note to self: the finished product must fit through the doors of the IP studios.
Perhaps in the meantime, I will work on transporting the ooze into a container that takes up less space than the massive couch mock-up. Note to self: the finished product must fit through the doors of the IP studios.
Checklist
Accomplished:
Enthusiasm boost
Working on:
Making models out of wire hangers and plastic wrap
Researching materials at Stadium Hardware
To do:
Design specific lengths and size and form in Rhino
Enthusiasm boost
Working on:
Making models out of wire hangers and plastic wrap
Researching materials at Stadium Hardware
To do:
Design specific lengths and size and form in Rhino