Why did you create what you did? My first piece was the picture to the right and originally I had no idea what I wanted to do with this material. I originally tried to work on expanding my cup outwards but in the end my first piece ended up being random and I didn't like it. For the second piece I started with the top of the cup and I really liked how it came out so I kept with the triangle theme and went from there. This cup (top picture) is my favorite. |
What type of problems did you have and how did you overcome them?
This was my first time working with styrofoam and cutting into it was very hard. Using the xacto knives where very hard to use. Most of the time you couldn't make curved shapes and it was easier to do straight lines. So to solve this I focused my design with straight lined shapes. Another problem was that the cup was very hard to cut neatly, it often had rough cut marks. To solve this you really only had to go slower so you wouldn't rip the styrofoam.
If you were to do this again, what would you change?
If i were to do this again I would try to expand the cup out more and maybe go into more detail with the cup. I also like how with my peers some of their projects didn't look like a cup. So i would like to go in that direction and make it not so much cup-like.
This was my first time working with styrofoam and cutting into it was very hard. Using the xacto knives where very hard to use. Most of the time you couldn't make curved shapes and it was easier to do straight lines. So to solve this I focused my design with straight lined shapes. Another problem was that the cup was very hard to cut neatly, it often had rough cut marks. To solve this you really only had to go slower so you wouldn't rip the styrofoam.
If you were to do this again, what would you change?
If i were to do this again I would try to expand the cup out more and maybe go into more detail with the cup. I also like how with my peers some of their projects didn't look like a cup. So i would like to go in that direction and make it not so much cup-like.