Foam Modeling

Design Ideas

Design Brief

Research

Development

Intro

Why?

We do foam modeling to see what our design would look like in person, without using too many expensive materials. Also so we can see what is needed to change.

How?

I get a couple pieces of hard foam, one for the base and a long one for the neck and another for the head, then I cut them into the shape that I want and put them together

The design that I will be trying to make:

This is the design that I am going to try and replicate, I am going to make a few adjustments to the overall design, by just making it look cleaner. I am not sure why I picked this design, I feel like it may have some potential after some changes.

Making the base

This is the finished Base, I feel like it is nice and smooth, but I could have done better measurements and maybe I could be a bit straighter. ------------------>

I started off with a block of foam, I needed it quite thick so that I could sand it down into the shape that I want. I used a file to sand down the dents from the hot wire machine. I needed the base to be smooth.

The neck

I started off with a long piece of blue wood, because the neck has to be long, and relatively strong to support the head and the base.

Next I used the hot wire machine to cut out the shaoe that I wanted, I adjusted the shape from the design because I felt that I wanted something a little bit more simple and easier to do, so I went with the standard curve.

I decided to use double sided tape to stick on the neck to the base, I could have cut out a slot, but I was running short on time and did not think that I would finish getting it all together

Whilst I was trying to get the neck onto the base, I pushed a little bit too hard and ended up snapping part of the end off, so I used wood glue to stick it back together,

I used the Bandfacer machine to get a relatively smooth edge, but I think I could have done better.

The Head

I started off

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