Model Box

These are images from when I made a model box to scale. the scale of the box itself was 1:25, equating to 7 by 10cm.I made most of my set out of cardboard as it was easy to cut and manipulate to the correct size that I needed. Wood would have been more time consuming and have taken longer to cut and construct.

The cardboard I used was white, and I needed a white material to cover the tables to represent the table cloths. I used tissue paper because it gave a soft, thin appearance and was easy to cut, stick down and write on. I used this over felt because felt was too thick and there was no white or cream available.

I attempted to attach the chair legs (match sticks) to the cardboard chair using blue tac however this failed because it was not strong enough. Instead I used a glue gun which was much more effective.

I hung the violin using fishing wire because it was thinner than the regular wire. I wanted the wire to be as discreet as possible, therefore fishing wire was the best option for me.  

Lastly I covered the chairs with material to represent the clothing that I wanted to hang on the chairs in the piece to create the illusion / set the scene in a busy French café, which was in my client's brief.