3D- (3 day) Day one: Scale

  Today, I worked in the 3D classroom experimenting with scale, for my chosen object that I supersized I chose a battery that was laying around the classroom. I supersized the battery by multiplying it's dimensions by twenty, to make a supersized version of the battery I found within the workshop. 

After measuring the battery in millimetres to get an accurate measurement I discovered that the height of the battery was 50mm, and the depth was 18mm, when converting the figures to supersize the object and get it's dimensions I found out that it would be 1000mm (height) by 360mm (depth). To begin the construction of this supersized battery I firstly measured 360mm and using a metal fork compass I two circles onto the thickest recycled cardboard I could find within the workshop. I then used one of the circles as a base to form the main structure of the battery to make sure that the diameter is correct as well as the height. To form the main body of the battery I got a thinner piece of the recycled cardboard and rolled it across a metal pole in the workshop to bend the cardboard so that it would curl and create a curve so that the tube-like shape could be formed and hot glued to the base. After I glued the tube to the base I glued the other circle to the top of the tube forming a cylinder shape, I then added a smaller circle to create a rim on both the top and base of the cylinder, before adding another extremely small circle to the centre of the smaller circle I had just glued before putting a final circle smallest of them all at the very top showing the circles going in an ascending order. Once I had created the main structure of the battery and hot glued everything together I painted the cardboard in order for it to replicate the Duracell battery more visually. 

One thing I believe worked well even when I least expected it was where I rolled the cardboard to remove the creases and bends as well as curve the cardboard so that it forms a rounded cylinder effect without thee creases from folds within the cardboard. What really hasn't worked well is my measurements I feel as though somewhere i multiplied the depth by more than what I should've because the base seemed to be very wide, making me have to make the cylinder body wider that made the battery look wider than the body of the normal battery. 

                                          

I believe that this was fairly successful as I have created an large (supersized) battery, visually you can see exactly what I was trying to create, however, I feel as though I had got a few measurements wrong as the scale transition is very big and doesn't appear as uniform and slender as the battery I measured was. Based upon my evaluation I can improve upon my practice by measuring extremely accurately and constantly noting down the measurements as well as, making sure everything I cut and drew out is up to the correct measurements as accurately as they can get. Making it supersized specifically to that size battery as opposed to a possible miss measurement somewhere and having to adjust a few measurements to reach my final outcome. To develop this piece of work further I could make an even bigger version of the battery or even try and paint a lot more neater and accurately making it a lot more realistic and clear. I have chosen to use recycled cardboard because it's a material that has been chucked away and can be transformed into literally anything I set my mind to create, it's easily folded, easily bended, can be cut cleanly and is cheaper to use in big quantities such as for supersizing objects.