Week 13

Back on the laser cutter this week.  I had decided that a mixture of ply and white perspex would make a nice contast on the coasters.  Plus this could be done fairly easily by cutting the same shapes out of both sheets and just slotting the cut-outs of one into the sheet of the other.  I also enlarged the outline of some of the coffee rings and used these to provide a shape for the coaster itself as I really didn't want these to be uniform.  All in all these worked well apart from the fact that the coasters were a little too big (I should have measured these) and too thick (3mm sheet of ply/perspex plus a 3mm MDF base).  The ply now needs to be stained, varnished and all elements glued - I'll hopefully have a chance to do this over the holidays.

Also took the opportunity to cut out some more shapes for the moss cushions - this time I included ellipses as well as circles and kept the sizes much smaller.  I also intend to stain the ply used as well as I think this would be a more fitting surround for the moss.

Week 12

Not done much on the practical front this week as have been busy completing my HCC essay which I am pleased to say is now in.  I don't really feel like I've answered the question properly and my idea of concentrating on the interior aspect proved quite difficult as there were very few examples of interior magazines from that era available in the library and almost nothing available online. However it's out the way now and I can concentrate on my practical work.