Project 3 Reflection

My project 3 was seriously derailed by the amount of time I spent on project 2 and the consequential overlap. My piece was originally intended to be Art Decco inspired and include etching as well as a bezel setting, though neither of those elements we used in the end. The piece that I finished with was ultimately unfinished, under designed and disappointing. I had a very difficult time keeping the walls of my piece straight and true to their intended shape. Due to this the design was altered as I constructed it and as I continued and tried to remedy the problems that arose the form of the piece became more and more distorted. The final reality was effectively a poorly finished hollow form sample with no indication of its intended inspiration and a poorly finished twisted wire suspension. Knowing now what I do about the difficulties of building the walls for a hollow form I would construct something that had more even heat distribution during soldering. A major problem that I faced was keeping the metal of the walls from overheating and becoming warped and distorted. I am disappointed with the product of my hollow forming attempts and feel that I should have had a better design plan and schedule for construction.