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Week 6 - The blister The blister was our final task. I found this one the easiest probably due to my experience so far with metal shaping as well as the fact it was just hitting one area and there was no chance of creating folds which I found difficult in the previous tasks particularly the tray. This task was enjoyable as it allowed us to make and use our own metal shaping tools using the ban saw and electric sanders. I bolted two pieces of wood around the metal to avoid wrinkles when shaping the metal however this meant the metal would be prone to splitting. I clamped wood and metal on top o two other pieces of wood leaving the gap for the blister open as I wasn't sure how far out the blister would come through the gap in the wood and I thought if I was hitter the blister onto the surface of the table the metal might harden quicker making the refining of the blister more difficult.. To avoid splitting my metal using this technique I made sure I was hitting it softly but for...

Week 5 - The Tray The tray was the third task and the most difficult for me. This exercise was challenging as it was in partners therefore the trays had to match up to each other with the same radius curved edges meaning if you made a mistake or hit something too far you couldn't just change radius like the bowl. This exercise required more setting up as we needed to clamp the metal between two bits of wood that we shaped on the electric sander. This task was annoying and took the longest as it was the most difficult to refine because every time I would hit the metal using with the hammer it would move even though it was clamped. This task took two attempts as my first try the edges resulted in folds on the corner. A positive thing about this task was the idea from it of making your own stencil quickly from wood that can be used to form the metal into the desired shape. My partners tray got stuck onto the wood therefore I knew to be wearing when finishing my final corner and ...