Glit-Tiara Kiosk Progress

Cassie, Elise and I are making progress on our tiara kiosk. We have the inside of the kiosk figured out, and
the flooring. All colors and materials have been purchased as I have been going to Plaza Art every day
as we run out or think of something we need. I am currently working on the construction of the outside of the kiosk and all its ins and outs. We cannot close up the inside without knowing how to the outside will connect. We are meeting tonight for Thai food and a work session. Hopefully we can will start on the display model.
We have also made some progress on the required drawings.

Glit-Tiara Kiosk continued

In thinking further about what the experience should be for the child entering the Glit-Tiara kiosk, I believe that the tiara and gem selection activity could be the start of a Glit-Tiara Princess wardrobe, which can be obtained through a catalog given out within the kiosk. Also I have thought more about what the kiosk should represent on the exterior - perhaps castle walls with the tiara above it. The child would enter the magic colorful Glit-Tiara castle. be given a magic wand with which to choose her tiara and proceed to select the jewels to be set into the tiara. She would stand within the tiara shadow circle while awaiting her completed tiara and proceed outside to the throne to be crowned and photographed with a fancy robe on. Her tiara would then be placed on a satin pillow in a open box and wrapped with cellophane and a bow.



Possible castle exterior elevation with tiara on top.



kiosk floor plan            interior tiara display                    exterior throne     interior coronation robes  interior jewel station





Group project - Glit-Tiara Kiosk



    Back of kiosk

 

Front of kiosk.







Elise, Cassie and I have made three models of our kiosk so far, The third is pictured above. In class on Thursday, we settled on colors for the exterior and a preliminary floor plan for the gem stations,display area, assembly, coronation throne and pay and wrap. Our product containment will be finalized at point of purchase with the bottom of a box filled with a velvet pillow for the tiara to rest upon.The box will be wrapped in clear cellophane and tied with a bow.



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Foundations Assignment #5 - Group Project - Kiosk

For our group project, Elise, Cassie and I have chosen a whimsical object - a tiara for a little girl
princess. We are going to build a kiosk for making a tiara of one's choice - style and gem stones
to be applied. In class on Wednesday we built a quick kiosk model. I have worked on a preliminary
tiara facade to apply to the top of the model on Tuesday. I have also explored how we will apply
graphics to the tiara facade, We all liked Minya Nouvelle (left), but it does not fit as nicely with the
tiara design as RaggMoppNF ( middle & right). The branding so far is Glit-Tiara - a combination
of glitter and tiara.

Final Display for Venetian Glass Necklace

I have finished the final display for my Venetian glass necklace - with attention to the detail of all nine pieces. Geometrically challenging as it was, I learned a lot about using the 30/60 triangle on my drafting board and the value of making models. As I made the pieces I recognized more and more ways to assemble them. The
realization that I could float the two towers was a surprise as the star formation in the middle of my necklace
box had been.The suggestions from my student associates turned out to improve the overall model. Since it requires one to circumnavigate the display to see all of its angular forms, the photographs are not a full representation of the 3 dimensionality of the model. Printed on 80 pound laser paper, the graphics are simplified variations of my necklace packaging box.

Display Continued



Display model without graphics.

 Model Making: I have assembled the Bristol board pieces of my necklace display. By lowering the pedestal height and increasing its diameter, the necklace box will be more stable when placed in
the display. To achieve the simplest graphic form I've eliminated the necklace image from above
San Marco on the branding piece, thus balancing the negative space of the text panel with alternating negative space above the cathedral. I also switched the positioning of the text and cathedral on the display panels. The graphic changes will all be evident in my next blog. All that is left to complete is applying the graphics to the model surfaces.

Model from above without graphics.





Display System Continued

Model Making: I spent nearly a day draftng the actual half scale version of my display parts for my Venetian glass necklace. The design concept changed after we had  a group critique a few days ago and I am going

to elevate my necklace box on a small pedestal as suggested by one of my classmates. Below are the

drafted parts and the cut out Bristol board parts of the display. I am using Strathmore Bristol 500 for

the construction material.