Narrative and thoughts!

Yay! All my props are done!
I have really enjoyed learning all the new processes that I can take into other projects now.
I am very pleased with the look of my props but definately see there is room to improve upon them in areas such as scaling and quality of production, although these were the first I've ever done and managed to overcome obsticals and issues quite well.
I feel like I have stuck to my narrative I created and am happy witht he finished product.
The narrative I have based them on is the idea of a english mother creating a suitcase of important items to sit near the door incase of the need to flee at any uncertain point. For this I created an old Hurricane gas lamp, incase it is dark when they have to go, the childs favourite clown doll, so that it won't be forgotten in the rush and one of the gas masks they were issued with incase of a gas attack. I have used my grandmothers old case to photograph it all in to tie together the narrative.
I also put my helmets, bread and cheese in to see them all together.

Last but not least!

Today I finally finished all my props!
I have aged my clown using two shades of brown paint that I dabbed on using tissue to give it a soft look. I also rubbed the base of his feet in sand paper and a bit on his face so as to scratch off a bit of paint. And here he is!

The research inspiration
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Also over the last two days I have been making my Kerosene Hurricane Lamp which has been a bit shoved to the side. This is how I made it.

After looking at the research image I am recreating I decided the base was too big, so cut it down and covered it in filler to give it a rougher (more like rusted metal) and better surface to paint, and also add weight to counterbalance the vase.
I then created the other little elements of the shape using more polystyrene and a small coke bottle, which I used the neck to create a faux wick holder and the middle to make a fake glass base. However the middle was too wide so I had to cut it and make a seem which didn't look as neat as I hoped. It also proved messy to glue to the glass but this will be hid by the base rim.

Once I had made the rest of the metal base shape I bent wire and attached it around the base to create the rim. I also then created the small elements, like the dial (wire and a card knob) and the clasp decoration (cut and glued card).
I then stuck all the base elements together and painted them a base dark brown. Once that had dried I went over the lumpy glue and filler areas with copper and a lighter brown paint to add the look of rust.
After this had all dried I glued on the vase and then burnt a piece of rope and stuck it in the base of the vase.

And here is my finished lamp!

The original I based mine around mostly.

Health and Safety!

Throughout this project we have been given talks on health and safety. Two of the best examples of this are:

1. Our induction talk into the wood/metal work room showing us proper use of the machines and noting what equipment is needed such as goggles, face mask and boots.

2. We were given respirator masks before starting fiberglassing to keep for use in the spray rooms, when fiberglassing or whenever else appropriate. These masks, overalls and goggles needed to be worn at all times during the fiberglassing process aswel as having the exstraction fan system on above or work space.