Mixing it up

So in Fridays studio we mixed up our groups so that we were with different tutors and different people so that we could get a fresh look on our projects.  I ended up in a small group of five with Alex as a tutor.  I showed the group my two new prototypes I had made.

The first is a flicker made of Zeta paper, one side with spacers the other without.  The second is larger and made from drafting paper and printer paper both with spacers.  The second one being thicker was apparently more interesting but the group agreed that they wanted it to be thicker so that they could flick for longer.

The group also agreed that the drafting paper was the most interesting to flick, then the Zeta paper with out spacers and then the printer paper.  This put the Zeta paper with out spacers last which is different to printer paper when the one with spacers was more interesting to flick.  This may have to do with the fact that the Zeta was probably too thin.

The group was also impressed with the binding around the center of the flickers.  It takes about an hour to do this with the thread I am using and the binding comes undone if not stuck in place at the end but the reaction to it makes me think that I will keep it.

Alex also suggested handing out the flickers to people and see how they interact with it differently.  I have noticed so far with the few people that I have tested with that there are many ways to flick it so I will have to note down a few of these so that I can photograph them when the flicker is done.

By Tuesday I hope to have the flicker either done or in the final prototype so that I can spend the rest of the week working on getting the write up and photos done for final hand in on Friday.  If this is not so there may be some late nights, which is not a good idea and would produce unsatisfactory work for the final hand in.