Resin Poured Tea Light holder
Resin pouring using timber has become very popular and fashionable over the last few years. As developments with resin have progressed more 'glass / clear' resins have allowed greater experimentation with what can be done. Below are a few examples of poured resin products.
For this project you will learn how to mix, pour, and colour 'crystal ice' resin and then combine into a piece of Teak (Thailand timber) to create a simple, effective and quite beautiful product. These same skills you will learn can be 'scaled up' to make a coffee table, dining table, jewelry, lamp etc.
examples of Laser engraved Teak resin poured tea light holder x 3
These examples were made as presents to give to people. Another made one was sold.
To start the project you need to do some simple design work. As soon as is possible (due to remote learning) you will then make your design using the senior school workshops.
Prep 1
You need to create a D&T website for all of your work in the LXX. Click here to learn how. Title your site something appropiate. Create a page titled 'Resin poured tea light holder'. You should make your page look interesting and exciting through adding some resin poured products as inspiration.
Then Publish your page (top right blue button) and then share the weblink of your published site to the set Google Classroom assignment.
Prep 2
Initial 2D symmetrical sketching.
You have previously done some sketching work similar to this when sketching ideas for your IGCSE major project in D block as well as some of the early sketching work that you did in E block. The following tasks will advance on those skills fairly rapidly and lead to a manufactured outcome.
Prep 4
Rendering your design work to communicate timber (with a wood grain) and resin. Ideally you will use markers to do this.
CAD modelling - Onshape
Click this button for instructions on how to model the block and subsequent parts