Today I spent a lot of time adding the finishing touches to my mannequins. They proved to be a lot harder than first imagined because o the lack of stands. Once all the mannequins were painted according to their body map colours I used a variety of objects to embody the physical existence of each particular emotion. Anger was certainly the more challenging of mannequins as I had to cut a post shape from the back to support the BOB LED lighting fixture. Then the lead had to be thread through the leg to hide the wires.
To cut the Anger mannequins I had to first learn how to use a number of things from the workshop. It may seem simple to most but firstly, I had to learn how to use a drill. The drill bit needed to be changed to a smaller size. Once this was done I made a series of hole to establish the boundaries and turning points of the area I wanted to cut. These holes then enabled me to put the saw in and turn without cracking the mannequin or the blade.
The stands were harder to make than I initially thought. The original stands were a large base wth a metal rod so I tried to follow the same design. I found a metal rod of the correct thickness and inserted it up the mannequins leg. Then I bolted the rod to a piece of MDF for support.
