chosen companies

S3i group
http://www.s3i.co.uk/
wire cable

laser cut works
http://www.lasercutworks.com/
laser cutting
acrylic sheeting

sb plastics
http://www.sbplasticsuk.co.uk/
opal tubing

LED lights
https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/
5050 LED light strips

Wire Cabling

I have chosen looked into and the simplest format of cable configuration based on a cleaner finnish and the properties of the cable.
I will use a nicopress to complete i holes in the wire for attaching to my piece.

I have worked out the best positioning for the wire, i have also allowed for extra wire positions to be added. The blue and orange rings represent the wire configuration that i will use.

Lighting

I will use a flexible LED strip light, i want the light its self to be a cool white which will work with the clinical feel. I will also need the availability to cut the the LED strips to size to fit my tubes.

Company research

Cut laser cut . Com
2400mm x 1200mm cutting bed.
+44 (0) 203 490 9886

laser cutting.co.uk
4m x 2m cutting bed
01142420101

Norwestengineering.co.uk
4300mm x 2050mm cutting bed
01228560408

Torte laser.com
Materials?

Project plastics.co.uk
3m x 2m cutting bed
01206 868696

Lucite solutions.com
Acrylic suppliers

K2a.co.uk
3050mm x 2030mm ?
01279 508305

Acrylic design .co.uk
3000mm x 2000mm bed size
01923 241122

Luxld.com
E-mail for possible advice


Form fabrications
In Birmingham

Acrylicsheetsdirect.co.uk
1000x1000

Laser cutworks.com
0203 441  3374
Daniel@lasercutworks.com
Info@lasercutworks.com

Alternative plastics
The plastics shop.co.uk
This is a short list of some of the companies i looked into.

Sbplasticsuk.co.uk

Castplexusa.com

E plastics.com

The clear plastic shop.co.uk

Perspex distributions ltd
Perspex.co.uk

Crazy LEDS.co.uk

LED light depot.co.uk

Bars

The Piccadilly institute
Info@piccadillyinstitute.com

Graphic bar
Info@graphicbar.com

hotels

Zero degrees
Blackheath@zerodegrees.co.uk

Art cam.
In Birmingham

Acrylic tubing

I wanted to keep the clinical theme with the tubing so threw looking at possible finishes clear,frosted and opal, sizing and availability i have chosen to go for a opal white acrylic tubing.

I will have to determine the inside diameter to fit lighting inside it and the out side dimeter will be determined by calculating how much weight the acrylic can hold.

Exact scaling

My scaling will be 1:42.5531915

width of largest skull in miniature = 28.2mm

height of largest skull in miniature = 27.5mm

actual sizing for Width = 1200mm

actual sizing for Height = 1170.21mm

Resize 8 15mm
Slice 1
H 15.78mm
W 11.92mm
Slice 2
H 17.07mm
W 13.57mm
Slice 3
H 18.65mm
W 16mm
Slice 4
H 20.26mm
W 17.34mm
Slice 5
H 21.75mm
W 20.2mm
Slice 6
H 23.33mm
W 21.38mm
Slice 7
H 25.25mm
W 25.86mm
Slice 8
H 27.5mm    1170.21mm
W 28.2mm    1200mm
Slice 9
H 25.06mm
W 26.34mm
Slice 10
H 23.37mm
W 23.6mm
Slice 11
H 21.7mm
W 19.3mm
Slice 12
H 20.26mm
W 17.17mm
Slice 13
H 18.76mm
W 16.76mm
Slice 14
H 17.34mm
W 16.23mm
Slice 15
H 15.86mm
W 14mm

Holes
Slice 1
3.84mm
Slice 2
4.385mm
Slice 3
5.075mm
Slice 4
5.78mm
Slice 5
6.425mm
Slice 6
7.115mm
Slice 7
7.975mm
Slice 8
9mm
Slice 9
7.88mm
Slice 10
7.135mm
Slice 11
6.34mm
Slice 12
5.78mm
Slice 13
5.13mm
Slice 14
4.52mm
Slice 15
3.88mm

Hanging light box

For my presentation i needed to show my design actually lit. During the crit it was brought to my attention that i needed to integrate the light into the design far more.

 I looked at my design and how i could bring the light element into what i had, i decided to change the poles threw the middle of the skulls into light defusing tubes and have lights within them.
For the crit i also displayed a full size drawing of the largest skull slice to get perspective on the size and so i could gauge how powerful the lights might have to be.

Data points

To hold my design together i needed to work out the alignment of the data points, I worked out the best heights for each of skulls and worked out the best placement that lined up with the rest.

on review.

on speaking with a number of people, it was quite conclusive that it was between 2 choices, threw this
i could decide on the most appropriate design.

i then re-produced my chosen from in acrylic to confirm my choice.

From these seven i will take the 3 or 4 best versions and review them with a number of people to come up with the best option.

From these i will choose 7 to produce in miniature to see what physically looks better.

Test

I  needed to work out the best degree of angle at the top and bottom of my skulls starting from each end. I designed 14 versions of my skull designs which i will narrow down to determine which is most suited to my final piece.

FMP the completion of my skull chandelier

For this project i intent to refine, my idea and designs to a profession standard. I will look into integrating the lighting to my piece as to make it an actual light. I will also refine the skulls them selves and how they will work with the light and how i can get the best aesthetic result with the light on and off.


At the end of my last project there were many issues with my designs, therefor my first objective is to re-draw the skulls to bring them to a higher standard of finnish.

With the skulls re-drawn on illustrator, i can analyse the shape and forms and work out how they will look full sized and how they will work with each other.