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3 Designers ceramic, wood, metal download

Original Shoe

Cardboard

Epe foam

Recycled plastic

Straw panflute

Improved straw panflute

Wood: 3 tutorials

Acrylic: 3 tutorials

Clay: 3 tutorials

Chair models

Straw model

I first began with sticking paper straws next to each other, I initially used paper straws because it was more visually pleasing and plastic straws would melt which would sabotage the air flow. I then cut a diagonal and added 2 black rims for detail. This prototype was too simple and it looked poorly done due to how visible the glue was. For my improved prototype I first cut all my straw pieces and made them each a different size, with one cm between one another. I also decided to use rope as a binding agent, this also worked better with my model as a material like rope is used in traditional panflutes. In order to use rope, I first needed create an anchor where I would wind my rope around my smallest straw, and each straw thereafter was combined using a repetitive combination of loops over and under the anchor point. Lastly the straw ends with a piece of rope taped to the straw.

Shoe prototypes

The 3 prototypes were based off of my black Nike Airforce 1 High tops. Cardboard was a simple material to work with however it still remained rigid and fixed, which is why when I bent it, it didn't form smooth curves. This is also due to the structure of the cardboard itself. With epe foam however, I found that it was very easy to work with, and I'd gladly use it again in the future. I began by gluing and stacking layers of foam on top of each other until I had a block that was larger than the size of my shoe. Hereafter I begun shaving bit by bit of my epe foam with my knife to resemble my shoe. One problem I faced was that the smaller and more precise my cuts became, the less I was affecting the foam, the foam would simply compress itself and then expand as if my blade never even touched it. Lastly, I made a shoe prototype from recycled plastic, this medium was by far the one I disliked the most. Since plastic has a more hard and rigid structure than cardboard, I often found myself looking for plastic pieces that resembled my shoe in one way or another, this was time consuming and tedious. Secondly the plastic was very thin and any heat from the hot glue gun could easily be felt through the plastic, this is why I made myself cardboard tools to protect myself.

Pros:
- simple to work with
- easy to add detail

Pros:
- simple to work with
- visually pleasing

Pros:
- easy to add detail
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Cons:
- rigid structure
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Cons:
- difficult to add detail
- difficult to make hollow

Cons:
- difficult to shape
- very rigid structure
- messy colour combination