BRIEF
This project required us to recreate a shoe out of triplex in a 1:1 proportion. Using Bostik clear glue, 660mg triplex sheets and a cutting knife I was able to successfully recreate the shoe. I created curves by scoring the triplex and thinning out certain areas to shape the shoe curves more successfully. In this project we were instructed to create a replica of half of the shoe we created in triplex in a 1:1 proportion. We had to reimagine how the inside layers of the shoe would look with a special focus on the sole and the structure that could be used to create a bouncy flexible sole. With this sole there was more focus on the smaller detail in the inside as well as the outside of the shoe. In our final triplex project, we had to make a mold for our shoe in 1:1 proportion to replicate injection molding in the industry. What was challenging about this project was that we had to think about the shoe in reverse to imagine the imprint that the shoe would make, thinking about which parts would stand out and be indented if the shoe was imprinted in clay or metal.
REFERENCE SHOE
PROCESS PHOTOS
TASK 1- FULL SHOE
TASK 2 - SECTION
TASK 3 - MOULD
PROJECT REFLECTION
For this being my first project as an industrial design studies student, it felt like we were expected to do the impossible with a tricky piece of triplex. But in the end, I was pleasantly surprised by what I was able to recreate. It made me realise that things seem difficult until you sit down, think and start to think about how to apply what you have learnt, like how scoring the triplex makes it easier to bend and curve and how sanding the triplex creates interesting and more realistic textures.
