F I N A L P O T S E A R T H E D

. S E A G L A S S 

The Seaglass Pot reflect the designers own experiences with memory and form connection through textures. Growing up beside the sea nature has always inspired her, this pot reflects her fascination with the different materials and the individuality of each piece of seaglass she would collect.  

A M B E R 

The Amber Pot reflects the natural fossilized resin that occurs when animals die. As a crystal, amber contains marvelous metaphysical properties. Amber helps to balance the 

emotions, clear the mind and release negative energy

O B S I D I A N 

The Obsidian Pot is based on the material that is formed as lava from volcanic eruptions cools within the earth. 

Obsidian is excellent to assist you to release disharmony that has built up in your day to day life and during work on yourself, including resentment of others, fear and anger.

F I N A L S H O T S : I N C O N T E X T

Feedback & Evaluation : 

Getting each employee of the office to sit at the large desk divider, letting them to voice how they feel, many automatically said they would like their 'own' pot. Brighter colours were mainly suggested, some were not a fan of how dark Obsidian, and many spoke about the being able to still through the other side - a feature they dont have in the open plan space. 

In the design office I placed the side and main divider, this style of office is just two desks and the nature of their job requires them to discuss things throughout the day so a divider like the main piece wouldnt be suitable for a two man office. 

The height of the side divider wasn't an issue for the employees, they actually quite liked it in the cublicles as they are on their own. Personally, I would not make them as high, they are currently standing at 600mm, I feel 450 mm would be neater and still supply the same effect.

R E S I N : S A N D B L A S T I N G

                                   

                                     


Using the sandblasting machine in cermaics to achieve a fully frosted effect on the Seaglass Pot. 

R E S I N : E V A L U A T I O N

The process of creating the resin pots, was extremely lengthy and highly frustrating at times. But seeing the end product with the finish I hadn’t thought I’d be able to achieve, was the extremely satisfactory. There were three overall processes increating the pots, but several stages in each process.

Having established my final design and method of how it would balance on the divider, I created with the aid of Gerry a rhino file with the exact measurements for the pot to be created on the milling machine using cebatool as the base material. This was known as the Master Pot as it was used to create the two part mold that would then be used to cast the product.Before I could create the molds, I had to sand the master pot until it was smoothand all the notches left behind the frame were no longer evident. 

Having never worked with such a large amount of cebatool before or working through the grades of sandpaper, meant that from the beginning of this project every process was a learning experience having never practiced any of them prior to this project. Once the Master Pot was smooth , I was able to begin the fiberglass mold process. Initially I was intending to use a silicone mold, however upon evaluating the pros and cons of doing so with Konrad it felt wiser although longer, to use fiberglass.During the process of creating the resin pots there were a lot of mishapes with catalyst, pigment and measurements but I prevailed. I learnt alot about myself during this specific process. If I were to spend more time constructing the mold, I would have created two instead as to cast multiple pots at a time. Having to use the dremmel to shave off the a single milimeter on both sides of the inside curve as there was shrinkage was an extreme few hours, trying to keep my hand steady as possible as not to slip and take a chunk that shouldnt be dremmeled away. 

Learning how the resin gels, sets etc was key to getting the right colour in my pots, there were intial frustrations realizing the reaction of pigment and catatlyst, but overall it was a process that I felt aided my final design.

D I V I D E R C U T O U T I T E R A T I O N S

Getting this shape right was very much a case of constant testing until figuring out the best way for the pot to sit. In the end, I extracted the curve from the rhino file, the inside curve, of the pot and used that as base to design the cut out shape so the pots would fit in perfectly

C E B A T O O L VS R E S I N ( S E A G L A S S )

R E S I N

Crystal Clear Polyester Resin.

M O L D S : T W O P A R T

  Filing down imperfections in the mould and then filling it in with isopon. 

M O U L D : P R O C E S S

Drilling screw holes into the excess edge of the mold, so when casting there is a method of sealing shut. 

Trimming down the excess fiberglass. This was one of the stages I did not find the easiest, the extreme amount of dust from the fiberglass had me concerned. Konrad was on hand to make sure ventilation was okay and sucking up as much dust as possible, when he saw me struggling he would step in after asking if I wanted to him. Most times I declined as I found the whole process really interesting, the more I learnt about it the more I wanted to physically do without help of the technicians even when it was stages that only when one of them could do it I would make sure to aask questions about the hows and whys. 

M O U L D S : P R O C E S S V I D E O S & A N A L Y S I S

Below is videos of the mold making process and evaluation of the process during it. 

mixing the resin needed to brush onto the mould after a gelcoat has been applied and dried. 

Mold Making Part 1 

Mold Making Part 2