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Assignment 3 - Reflection

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Reflection Demonstration and reflection of the Bowl - I decided to have another attempt at shaping the bowl. I enjoyed making the bowl in class however as it was the first task of the semester I wanted to re attempt shaping the bowl now that I am a more experienced metal shaper.  I was intrigued to see how efficiently I could shape the bowl doing it a second time and how much better I could make it and preferably  deeper.  First Attempt My first attempt at the bowl at the beginning  of the semester taught me the repetitive process of going between the sand bag, the wooden stump and the english wheel to establish the desired shape. It proved to me the difficulty of maintaining the shape or radius you are trying to achieve as when rolling out the dints from the hammering process I almost always lost the shape and radius I was after.  My first attempt at the bowl I aimed for the middle radius of 155 however ended up achieving the deepest radius of 125
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Assignment 2 - The Fuel Tank

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Assignment 2 - The Fuel Tank Emma La Coste z5115182 Introduction Assignment 2 was to create a skin for a Yamaha IT250 motorbike. The material used for the skin was aluminium forming the adhering to to a 1:1 prototype model which was created of the tank. The project called on many techniques including digital making, metal shaping, tool making and many other experimentations to create a succinct form as close to the prototype as possible. The Yamaha IT250 was chosen by our group as it is the most difficult form and shape to replicate out of metal.                                                                                                                                      Process: 1. The Prototype Model In order to replicate the fuel tanks skin out of aluminium we needed to create a model as a group which we could use as a measurement device and guide for the shaping of our individual metal pieces. Part 1. Photogrammetry As a group and with the advice
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