Development - Design and Movement

   When considering the character design at first we decided we wanted to create a character that had some humanistic qualities to it. 

collectively as a group we decided that the figure firstly that the gender of the automata was not important. Secondly  drawing influence from Rob Nicol's  ceramic work  I wanted to explore the use of colour on the machine. 

Design development -   machines arms cross revealing and concealing alcohol 

still approaching this idea of concealment I wondered if on of the functions of the  automata could conceal and convey. In my first design, the automata consist of a circular head - triangular body and rectangular legs. The arms are also rectangular and it's function is hold the bottle and book . I attached a set of paper fasteners  to the arms to enable movement , and when operated  from the back of the automata the arms simultaneously cross over concealing and revealing the objects.

back view of machine   

Second position : machine's arms
fully extended
 

First position machine
in a stationary position 

Third position: Machine's arms
in movement 

 I then decided to create a machete using paper. Although I stuck to my initial design a problem that I encountered was the placement of the arms. I did not position them in the correct place which resulted in the model looking awkward. Technical issues also arose from this such as the link in the right arm got caught on the other link making the machine difficult to operate.

back view of the machine : showing
the crossing of the pins