On the second day of the 3DD rotation, we had to create a structure to hold up three plastic balls, using spaghetti. In the beginning, I thought that this sounded impossible because the spaghetti would not be strong enough to hold other objects on them. However, after thoroughly thinking about the structure I would use, I managed to create something which was strong enough to hold the plastic balls above the ground. Firstly, we had to connect the different pieces of the structure using blue tack and later on we secured them together with a glue gun. This time, I tried to focus on the design I would do, as well as well as how effective it would be and this because on the first day of this week I tended to give more attention to one of the two aspects.
After everyone finished their structure we presented all of them on a table and I though this was very exciting since we got the opportunity to see each others ideas and techniques. I think everyone was pleased with the outcome of their work since we all managed to create unique structures which holder the plastic balls above the ground.
In order to take this project a step further away, the tutor asked us to use paper, in whatever way we wanted to, in order to make our structures stronger. I tried to fill my structure with folded pieces of paper, thinking that it would make it more dense, therefore more suitable for supporting a heavier object. Even though it collapsed when a basketball was thrown on it, I was still pleased with the outcome of it. I tried to decorate it in order to make it look more like an object rather than a structure to support other things. I think that even if I tried to approach this with a different technique, it would still not be able to hold the weight of a basketball since spaghetti are are a very delicate material to work with.
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