No longer a family of objects

Week 6

Due to the vast amount of research I have done for this project, the only option to communicate it all has seemed to be a family of objects. However from the final crit a couple of days ago, the decision has been made to solely carry on with the pint jug, which may perhaps lead to other vessels? And use the other areas of focus for exploration of volume. I feel it is important to still include these areas as it has informed my decision making and reasons for doing certain things. I aim to create some kind of visual representation of my findings, perhaps in the form of a book to accompany the Pint jug. 

I feel more confident now about my idea, I would much prefer to create one strong object fit for retail, as opposed to 3 or 4 weaker objects. I value the research I have done for this project and feel it will definitely inform future work, perhaps in our second project where my area of focus is hand held appliances.

The frustrating thing about this is the inability to be able to work with the glass myself, the slumping technique I have been using works to an extent, however due to being unable to cool at a steady pace it inevitably cracks.

I will look into getting this prototyped; perhaps through lampworking as the current method of manufacture for pint glasses is press and blow molding and is on a mass scale of around 400000 units.

The other areas I looked at were looking at the existing as forms of measure through bottle caps. An idea that came from ambiguous measures such as a splash and a dash and how the cap could offer a dual function. 

I also was experimenting with different proportions of the same volume in order to get people to question and understand amounts more. This I feel is an exercise that could be ongoing and could feature in the visual piece to accompany the pint jug, through creating 5 alternative forms of packaging for 200, 330ml and so on.

I feel the project is now at a good place I know what needs to be done and it has direction, so a break from it to concentrate on my dissertation and forthcoming project seems wise.