Saturday, March 15, 2014

Base

I created a sort of nest or hole in the "ground" for my fox to emerge from.

On Thursday, I sawed many chopsticks into pieces that were similar in size to the straws that made up my form.

Yellow Fox

on Wednesday, I cut the pieces until 
they could fit together. I was almost done.



on Friday night, my yellow fox head was complete

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Error

Something is either too big or too small and I'm not sure about how to proceed




The top and the bottom do not fit together




Monday, March 10, 2014

Holes

Last week, I stabbed holes into my chipboard in preparation for sewing.

The drawing on the yellow paper is based on this template I created:



Sunday, March 2, 2014

Large Paper Model

   I used the net from the miniature model to make a 
larger model that follows the proportions of the straw form.

























Net Capabilities


 My form has 20 faces

Colors help me to separate individual shapes
 After fussing with circles and triangles for too long, I decide to make a miniature model.













A pyramid template I found online proves to be very useful...


















My mini model fits on my keyboard.


Straw Form

 




project: Fennec-fox-inspired head - wire and plastic straws.


 Before attempting to create a net for my paper model, I had to make an orthographic drawing in order to see all of the faces of my object.