Workshop Session Day Three

Today I started making the frame and backdrop of the set in my artefact.

I started off with having the metal backing of the TV that had the circuits and wiring stuck down on flattened to form the base of my set. From here, I decided to challenge myself to reuse as much as I can of the TV within my artefact before bringing in new materials. 

I then started gluing some parts of the TV and remote to the inside of the TVs plastic back panel and reattached it to the TV stand. I found that I was reassembling parts of the TV much more often than I thought I would, I found this interesting as I didn't think I would need to reassemble parts of the TV to make my artefact.

I chose to stick these parts to the back panel as they were some of the most heaviest and wouldn't of been supported by string if they were suspended, and they were also the largest parts and if they were suspended they would of obscured the view of the model of Wymering Manor. I glued the parts down in an ordered uniform way to present each part both individually and as a group, this created a very textured and busy back drop for my model. 

I then reused the plastic TV screen frames to build the frame of the set, with the top frame also acting as the first initial support structure for the hanging elements that I will add later on. I fixed the two frames to both of the back of the TV and each other with only eight zip ties, and it is surprisingly sturdy and can hold a lot of weight on top of it. I think this is because as I am reusing parts of the TV that are the same size, not only does this mean I don't need to cut anything to size, the parts also fit together well, even if they are being reassembled in a completely different way. 

Tomorrow, I will start developing my model of Wymering Manor in more depth and hopefully begin making it.