PaigntonProductDesigners
Homework 1
Culture Research, and Jewellery Designs
Find out as much as you can about the Culture that will
influence your piece of Jewellery
Remember that Culture is essentially all to do with the
way that we live our life, or the way that other people live
or lived their lives.
You may be interested in any of the following Cultures
Roman, Viking, Chinese, English, celtic
You may also be interested in Cultures associated with music,
street dance, gambling, surfing, gaming, skating or free running.
There are so many ways that we can interpret the way
we see Culture.
Produce writing, labelled drawings and sketches.
Homework 2
The Casting Process, Properties of Pewter and the
2 Ring Method
You will be heating Pewter, which is an Alloy containing around
95% Tin and 5% Copper
An Alloy is a mixture of two or more metals
You will heat the alloy to around 230 C, and then pour it into a
mould
You will have made the mould using your pattern
Write about what you did, add annotated sketches and drawings
to your work.
You may even make a video if you like.
Homework 3
Detailed Plan of Making Jewellery and the Presentation Box
You have followed the "Design Process" to make your piece of Jewellery.
When you become more experienced you will be able to plan ahead and write all of the things
that you will do to make your finished piece.
Its Ok to produce your plan halfway through, because you are still learning abou the techniques
that you need.
You have
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Understood the Brief given by ACME designs
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Written a Design Brief and Specification
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Carried out some research into your chosen Culture
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Produced some sketches and drawings of Jewellery
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Chosen a favourite design
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Drawn that idea in detail
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Made a Pattern of the idea using CADCAM or Onother method
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Made a mould of the Pattern using the two ring method
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Heated pewter to 230 degrees Centrigrade
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Poured the pewter into the mould and allowed it to cool
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removed the piece, and checked it
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You may have even recast if needed
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You will have "finished" the piece using various techniques
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You will have polished and added a chain
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And finally you would have asked what other people thought about it and compared it to your design brief and Specification
For your Homework Produced a detailed plan of how you made your Jewellery and Presentation Box.
The skeleton is above, just add the meat!
Always use annotated drawings and sketches.
You May produce a Flow Chart if you wish.
You could Imagine that you are producing instructions for someone
else to make it for you!!
Homework 4
The Patent Process
A patent protects a person or company that invents something new.
For instance, if you were to invent a new type of pen you should patent your design.
This should prevent anyone or another company from stealing your idea, manufacturing it and making money for themselves.
A patent protects your design for the first five years and them you must apply annually for the next fifteen years (twenty years in total).
You can apply for a patent for many types of inventions, for example;
A scientific discovery
A literary piece of work (such as a musical)
Computer programs,
A new medical treatment.
For your Homework Complete the worksheet that you have been given
A copy can be found on Technologystudent.com, just write out the questions and answers if you have any technical problems!
There are 4 Homeworks to complete in Year 9.
There is lots of help on this page to use.
