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MATERIAL
INFORMATION Faux Replication Reflection/ Trial + Error

Prevalence Historical Use Contextual Use Trial 1 Reflection

In present day design is Before the 1950s wood was Rather than using real I painted a light brown coat over The acrylic paint wouldnt
being pushed towards using one of the most popular wood which is expensive the primer then let it dry. Once adhere to laquer, it just pooled
dry i sprayed with laquer and
and ran so i had to sand it away.
more natural and eco- materials for products, then and generates a lot of my plan was to add details and
friendly materials. People came the introduction of waste, designers are creat- grain of wood on top of laquer, Learnings
are becoming more aware plastics which were cheap- ing products from plastic then coat in another layer of Dont try add acrylic paint on
of their carbon footprint er, easier to work with and and giving them a faux lacquer. lacquer, it wont adhere.
and try to avoid buying far more desirable than wood finish. Examples of Trial 2 using the brushes to paint the
plastics when possible. As a wood. Now the oppisite is plastic products made to When adding grain detail to grain was too precise, it didnt
result wood and products the reality and natural look like wood include surface i added acrylic paint look great.
straight onto model and
with a faux wood grain are
fencing, travel cups, car
materials such as wood are
WOOD GRAIN becoming increasingly once again popular becom- interiors etc. dragged it in one direction with Learnings
I should water down the paint
various brushes.
ing far more desirable than
popular.
used to make the grain, i can
PRODUCTION Reflection move it around for longer until i
am happy. Paint brushes
I should have watere the paint
Manufacturing Process Finishing Process down because it dried too dontcreate a real looking grain
effect.
quickly and got clumpy as i was
still trying to paint with it. Also
A process known as UV Printing is used to In order to achieve an imbossed effect
print onto curved surfaces of almost any layers of epoxy are printed onto a Trial 3
material. surface, then many layers of a clear Clear A piece of torn cardboard
1. A design is made for an objects surface, coat of epoxy is added as shown to the epoxy was used to drag thinned
keeping curved edges in consideration. paint to give grain effect.
right.
2. The object is placed and aligned in the Reflection
uv printer. The clear coat embosses as well as Cardboard worked much
making the object more scratch resis- better but was difficult to
3. The printer moves back and forth, tant. bend. Thinned paint also
worked better.
printing a layer of expoxy onto the
surface, this is immediately cured with a The image to the right contains an Learnings
UV light, adhering it to the surface. example of using multiple layers of Use thin cardboard or card
cured resign to create an embossed paper/ flxible jagged edges
effect. plastic strip to create grain.

REPLICATION
Step 1 Step 3
Prepare model by sanding and Cover surface with darker paint
priming. Repeat process until and pull it in one direction with
flawless torn card paper and brush until
desired grain is achieved.

Step 2 Step 4
Paint model with layer of light Finish by adding in knots and
acrylic browns, pulling prush imperfections with even darker
strokes in same direction. Allow brown. Use fine paintbrush to
to fully dry. apply.

References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi3TCyjQf3s&ab_channel=GJSGroupAustralia https://www.fespa.com/en/news-media/features/how-to-print-3d-with-a-uv-digital-inkjet
http://www.lenticular.org.nz/what-are-motion-prints/understanding-motion-prints-technology/
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