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Lets hear it for the mighty and humble spatula! Go home and tell your spatula thank you.




This is my spatula. I use it all the time.  Because of you I dont have to flip things with my bare hands. Thank you spatula.

Tools: Bandsaw, spindle sandle, hand sanding
Duration: 3 Weeks






    Thoughts & Process





 
Marker and Pencil Sketches
What are the motions and uses for a spatula? How does it conform to the hand and become an extension of the body?





Fabrication & Experimentation







 Initial pink foam model



After making a full scale grey foam model, the handle still needed some work. Refocusing attention to direction of curves, how they led the eye, and provided support to the hand. Rummaging through scraps yeilded foam large enough to prototype the updated idea (below).
















Key Takeaways:

  • form distorts as it’s translated from mind to sketch to material and finally attempted replication
  • sensititivty of touch often exposes flaws that the eye can’t see
  • leading the eye with curves that flow into one another
  • insinuations through form (speed, directionality, softness, how to interact )

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