Week four was the last week of this project and I still had so much to do. At that point I still had to finish the final model and create the instruction booklet. I got straight into making the final model at the start of the week; sticking on the branches and adding the hoops. When it came to the hanging items, they didn’t really have anything to attach the string to I had to use hot glue to make it secure.
Overall I was disappointed in the model because although it got across the idea I would have liked if it looked more professional.
If I was to continue with this design i would investigate and try to improve many attributes of the design:
- Material of the structure
- Try to get the hoops secured between the sheets of plastic
- Find a new way to attach the sticks so there wouldnt be glue marks
- Investigate making clips on the side so it can be joined to the cot
When I only had a couple of days left I was rushing to get the instruction booklet made. Although I was rushing I felt okay because I enjoy graphic design and I already had ideas ready. I chose to go with an A5 booklet because I felt that an A4 booklet would be to overpowering and un enjoyable. I also thought that any size smaller then A5 would to fiddly and frustrating to try and read.
Throughout all four of the weeks i kept having printer problems so I wasn’t able to get my pictures printed. A day before the exhibition I was finally able to get them printed. I spend all of the night before and into the morning of the exhibition cutting and sticking all the pictures into my sketchbook.
When the exhibition started I was so happy for this project to finally be over. I felt that I could breathe a sign of relief and began to feel more relaxed. The nature reconnect project was full on and stressful. I felt that I was spending tones of time doing things that never seemed to get finished, there was always something that needed to be done after and it was never ending.