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WORKSHOP SEMESTER 1







             THE LETTER B PROJECT
             REQUIRED US TO USE A
                 BAND SAW, BELT                       THE PICTURE FRAME
              SANDER AND A HAND                      PROJECT ALLOWED US
               FILES AS WELL AS A                         TO TAKE FULL
                PILLAR DRILL. WE                      CREATIVE LIBERTIES.
                LEARNED HOW TO                         USING A POPULAR
             SAND WITH DIFFERENT                     TURN OF PHRASE, WE
             GRITS OF SAND PAPER.                       HAD TO CREATE A
                 WE HAD TO USE                            FRAME THAT
             ISOPON FILLER ON THE                        EXPRESSED THE
             DENTS AND DIVOTS IN                             PHRASE.
               THE MDF. WHEN THE                        ‘PUT A PIN IN IT’
                STRUCTURE HAD A                     THE CREATIVE PROCESS
                SMOOTH, PERFECT                     WAS INTERESTING DUE
             FINISH, WE SPRAYED IT                      TO THE MULTIPLE
               WITH PRIMER, THEN                    POSSIBLE VARIATIONS I
               WHEN THAT DRIED,                      EXPLORED, AS WELL AS
             SPRAY PAINT. BETWEEN                    THE CONSIDERATIONS
             THE COATS OF PRIMER                     OF COLOUR AND SIZE.
              AND SPRAY PAINT, WE                                                                                                                          THE FIRST PROJECT IN
                SANDED IT LAYERS                                                                                                                             WORKSHOP, WAS TO
             WITH HIGH GRIT SAND                                                                                                                              MAKE FOUR FOAM
                      PAPER.                                                                                                                                 SHAPES. WE MADE A
                                                                      THE COMPUTER MOUSE PROJECT REQUIRED US TO CONSTRUCT FIVE                             PYRAMID, A CYLINDER,
                                                                    FOAM MICE, EACH BETTER QUALITY THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE. WE ALSO                          A CUBE AND A SPHERE.
                                                                                                                                                            WE USED A BAND SAW
                                                                    HAD TO MAKE A SKELETON MODEL OF THE MOUSE FROM FOAM BOARD.
                                                                      FOR THIS PROJECT WE HAD TO USE A HOT WIRE CUTTER AND SAND                                 TO MAKE THE
                                                                                                        PAPER.                                               ORIGINAL CUTS, WE
                                                                                                                                                             THEN SANDED EACH
                                                                                                                                                                 SHAPE UNTIL
                                                                                                                                                               SATISFIED. THE
                                                                                                                                                            SECOND ELEMENT OF
                                                                                                                                                            THE PROJECT WAS TO
                                                                                                                                                            TAKE PHOTOS OF THE
                                                                                                                                                             SHAPES. THIS BRIEF
                                                                                                                                                                  WAS VERY
                                                                                                                                                            CONSTRUCTIVE AS IT
                                                                                                                                                             INTRODUCED US TO
                                                                                                                                                                TOOLS IN THE
                                                                                                                                                            WORKSHOP AS WELL
                                                                                                                                                            AS SETTING A CLEAR
                                                                                                                                                            STANDARD TO STRIVE
                                                                                                                                                            FOR AND IMPROVE ON
                                                                                                                                                            IN FUTURE PROJECTS.
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