As I have been experiencing technical issues with my internet recently, I have resorted to the old fashioned method of documneting my work and progression in a sketchbook.
Tuesday 25th March 2014
Over the last two days, I have decided to construct the wooden stand for the gravity-fed aquaponics system as I have my water pump built and functioning, and I am excited to see the whole system working. It may still require some fine tuning, but I believe that it is at a point now where it will be sufficient enough to force the water to a height of one meter (roughly how tall I planned for it to be.)
All of the wood which I have been using within the stand has been aquired for free, with the majority of it being reclaimed from structures and some being saved from skips. My reason for this is to yet again show others that there are materials out there which can be re-used, instead of purchasing from new, and secondly to comment on those who take the materials for granted and discard them in the first place.
Because the wood has come from a number of sources, hardly any of it matches – both in dimensions and type, but I am not concerned about this because I believe that the installation does not need to be pleasing to the eye.
Whilst on the subject of aesthetics, some of my peers have made suggestions or queried as to whether or not I am going to hide/paint the frame, but again, I believe that there is no need as it would only require more materials, which could be used for other purposes.
Being concerned with the amount of energy I use in the construction of this piece, I have tried to rely on manual labour more so than electrical devices where ever I could. For instance; I have mainly used a handsaw and screwdriver (with the exception for drilling awkward pilot holes with a hand drill, and splitting the timber on a table saw to make it into two, maybe four lengths instead of the thicker one.
If I had more time to spend on the project, then I would have liked to have built it completely with a lack of electrical power, but with so many other things to be tackling, I didn’t think that it would be realistic.
Even though I haven’t documented the process of building the stand (through forgetting my camera on the day), I have taken photographs of the end product, and will eventually upload the illustrations of the design.
I may choose to use some of these illustrations alongside the piece, as I have always been fond of process, and it depicts the piece in an exploded view.
Possibilities:
Framed
Reverse of bussiness cards
Within a sketchbook to accompany piece.
Again your suggestions would be much appreciated.
