DT Homework due in Mon (Viridis, Rosea) Tue (Rubeum & Caesitas) Wed Flavi

Here is an example of a mood board (without the explanation) You need to collect lots of ideas to help you with your DT assessment.

This is example is for a film festival but you might choose an arts, walking, music or dance festival.  Remember that most of your images should be drawn rather than photographic.

How to Make Salt Dough

Salt Dough Sculpture for RIBA competition

Salt Dough Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup salt
1 cup cold water

Directions: In a large bowl, mix table salt and flour together. Gradually add 1/2 cup of water and mix to desired consistency. Knead the dough on a flat surface, adding a few more drops of water as needed (but not making it too moist).

Once the dough is made, you can divide it up into small portions to roll into 1/8" thick pieces with a rolling pin. Use cookie cutters to cut out a variety of shapes, and place the shapes on wax paper or other surface to dry. If you want to make hanging ornaments, pierce the dough through with a toothpick while it's wet.

Allow the shapes to dry for a day or two, turning them over periodically to speed up the drying process. You may need to re-pierce the hole several times during the drying process. After the shapes dry, you can use a fine grit sandpaper to gently smooth any rough edges.

Baking Alternative       

Instead of allowing the dough shapes to air dry, you can bake them in the oven at 200F degrees until hard. Baking times varies depending on oven and dough thickness. Make sure the dough is completely baked. You can cover the dough with aluminum foil if it starts to darken before completely baked through.

 Salt dough sculpture  (cover glass bowl in foil or plastic so the salt dough will peel off the glass bowl)

How to make paper mache paste with flour and water

Here are a few examples of what you might make with paper mache

Product Design Mobile Shop Competition

Take  a look at the website for RIBA and the competition details.

In lesson this week you read through the design brief above and answered questions. 

 Then you completed research of existing product  like the example above (pop up and mobile shops)

Homework Research Typography and colour scheme for your mobile shop due back 2nd lesson after half term (for most of you that will be Wednesday 25th Feb or Thursday 26th Feb)

Typography for this mobile beauty parlour is sanserif, bold, capitals, slim which suggest it is modern and yet classy.  The colour scheme is bright pink, black and white.  The pink suggests fun and feminine and the black suggests mystery and wealth.

Keywords in Design Technology

situation - This is the problem.
design brief - A clear description of the problem that needs to be solved.
research  - To find out facts.
analysis - Things found out from facts and information gathered.
specification - What a product has to do, look like and how it should work.
ideas - Thoughts that will help solve the problem.evaluation - A way of judging how successful something is.
developing - A more detailed description of how something is to be made, e.g. how it will look and work.
modelling - A small example of something, showing how it will look and work.
planning - Sometimes using a flow diagram, it shows the steps needed to make something.
realisation - The making of something.
modification - Changes made.
product - The thing made.
materials - The items needed to make something. 
components - Anything that forms part of a whole system or thing, e.g. a buzzer in an electric circuit.