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Semester 2 – Week 12 Thursday
Final Presentation This week was spent practicing and memorising a 15 minute presentation.
Semester 2 – Week 12 Monday
After filming and editing I compiled my footage into my final user video. Final Display Model Moving onto my final display shoe I resin printed the sole to get a nicer finish to resemble the high standard that can be reached with 3D printing. I kept aside the nicest upper I had so that …
Semester 2 – Week 11 Friday
Branding Some feedback I received suggested coming up with a rand or model name for the shoes, this would help when it comes to painting a picture of this product being brought into the existing shoe market. I came up with arrange of branding displays but stuck with the simple brand name Forest Floor. This …
Semester 2 – Week 11 Thursday
I joined the working shoe soles together by heating up a metal rod and melting the ends of the TPU print. Once joined I filled them with the final working bio foam. Final Working Shoes Using a linen twine I stitched the final working upper to the working soles and inserted an existing innersole just …
Semester 2 – Week 11 Wednesday
Technical drawings The next checkpoint was making sure I had me technical drawings sorted out. Now that I had my final parts and their dimensions I layed out my parts and arrange dthem into the following drawings. An exploded view of the shoe with a parts list. A general assembly of the overall shoe. The …
Semester 2 – Week 11 Monday
Now that I had all my pieces for the working shoes I began arranging and assembling the features and making sure they fitted together. Once confident I inserted the heel and toe caps in sew the upper shut.
Semester 2 – Week 10 Friday
Heel and Toe caps The next part for my upper is the built in 3D printed heel and toe caps. I used the shape and forms from models earlier on for a full scale print. These help give structure and shape to the upper. I printed 3 sets so that I could make one working …
Semester 2 – Week 10 Thursday
3D printing onto fabrics I decided to use 3D printing onto fabrics around the laces to tie the overall look together. They also help give strength to the lace eyelets and the tongue, especially for my one price tongue for a sock like fit. This will help resist stretching over time too. So using my …
Semester 2 – Week 10 Wednesday
We were asked by our tutors to practice showing off our work and ideas with a simple A4 page with an in contecxt image and a sentance explaining the overall idea. This was my page. I used my latest working model and photographed a classmate wearing it outside on the grass. 3D printing sole I …
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