Project #4

     Project number 4 is a production project. 5 pieces need to be made that are either identical or very similar to each other using production methods such as hydraulic die forming, RT dies, or rubber molds and wax injection.
     The design process begins and I seem to be suffering from jewelers block. Everything that gets put on the page looks awful to me. I am plagued with indecision and cursing my aging brain that no longer works the way it used to.
     I look at African textiles for inspiration. They are beautiful but I don't seem to be able to translate anything. Finally, after lying awake for what seemed like hours one night mulling the project over, a solution came to me. It seemed perfect. Upon waking up the next morning though, I have no recollection of what that perfect solution was and I'm back to page 1.

     The one design I thought I was starting to like is beginning to look like the symbol for a fallout shelter rather than anything else it was intended to resemble or invoke. So the drawing continues.

          Finally a shovel-like shape starts appealing to me. I think I'll work with it.