Vaccum Forming!
I bought 5 pieces of clear plastic for the former and John & Ruben showed me how to use the machine.
I really enjoyed using this because it is very quick and is alot of fun.
I chose several objects to try in the vaccum former, some of which were too large.
I made a video of the plastic melting and dipping as it heated up and then went back to its original shape before it was good to form.
I found the way the plastic can be formed into any shape intriguing and was particularly interested in the way it holds the memory in fine detail.
The safe was too deep for the former and caused a crease int he plastic which meant that the object next to it was not as detailed.
The ones which i had cast from the plaster and keys came out especially well as they picked up a huge amount of detail, and i can now case these again in plaster (although i do like them as they are!)
I would like to play around with found objects and photographs behind the plastic as this might be visually interesting.
I think that the white piece is very strong becase you look only at the form rather than what you can see behind the shapes in the plastic.
I would like to experiment further with this and see if i can make some more interesting arrangements with the vaccum former.
The box was a little too deep to work properly. I took this video to show how the plastic changes shape and dips but then goes flat just before you form it around the objects.
