W04 3D Design. Draft for Folio.

Jarrod: Portfolio Cover

Exploration:

Design on the front cover: professional, clean and sharp, appealing, unique

Different materials:

· wood because materials are more available, tools accessible

· resin/varnish

· binder to hold the pages in & hinges for the cover to fold over the binder

Application: can be reproduced easily, use of a vinyl sticker or paint.

· Printing designs, then gluing and varnishing onto the cover ie decoupage

· Carving and etching

· Burning designs into the wood (after designing the 2D aspect)

· Nice finish (ie no splinters/rough bits)

Challenges:

Getting a hold of materials/making sure different materials work well together

Type of wood, light, smooth, hard wearing eg ply wood, MDF

Weight and size

Designs, making different designs to appeal to different individuals

Representation

TWO EXPERIMENTS:

Test what materials will work the best as a front cover display.

• Papers something that will stick to wood.
• Paper that will hold the ink and that wont let the ink run after the glue has been used.
• If the image on the paper will be all right if i was to put a clear varnish over the top.
• Do I do the design straight onto the board.

Test the shape and style of the folio.

• Test some form of hinges that will be suitable to hold a front and back cover and also allow enough room for pages of work to be held inside.
• Do I need to have a spine so that there will be enough room.
• How will I attach the hinges to the boards.

http://www.custombinders.net/images/corpimage_binder_rings.jpg

http://www.onestopdiystore.com/images/MDF.jpg

http://www.bindersnow.com/store2/images/wood%20and%20metal%20hinge%20binders.jpg



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