Disclaimer: I won’t have this project done by class time Friday but I wanted to be sure to publish my plan. I am waiting on some sheet metal to arrive (and possibly Luke’s spray paint tutorial!) and will finish this project up along side the next one next week.
Inspiration
The two materials I would like to explore this week are wood and sheet metal. I’ve got some left over pine from the build five things assignment and I’ve never worked with sheet metal before so I’m excited to try it out! I seriously don’t know where these ideas come from but I want to try making a cubist portrait. My thought was it would be relatively easy to make this 2D image: cut out some weird shapes, rivet them together, and nail the thing to some wood, but the more I think about it the more things I want to add to complicate the build. Typical!
Picasso, Yellow Lady
Picasso
Picasso
Drawings
Tools
Tin snips
Sand paper
Hammer
Drill
Metal epoxy
Materials
4.5 x 4.5 inch piece of wood
Wood finishing wax
Nails
Spray paint and acrylic paint
Process
Prepare the wood by cutting, sanding, and applying a finishing wax using a rag.
Final Product
Here’s my paper prototype. I cut out the basic shapes of my portrait from construction paper and glued them all together.
Conclusion
Though I could only finish my paper prototype by today, I still plan on making an aluminum version of this piece. Here’s what I plan to do:
Use paper template to cut shapes into sheet metal using tin snips (the red ones in the shop are my favorite!)
Sand the edges of cut metal
Spray paint and hand paint a few of the shapes
I’ve decided against rivets for this piece because I feel like the pieces are too dainty. I’m choosing to assemble the portrait using this epoxy.
Then I’ll nail the image to the wood backing. Voila!
Resources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFX_9UsoxWk