Finished and Fabulous!

It took all day but thankfully all three interactions for
REplay mobile are decorated and wired.

5:30am Sunday - half way there

8:20pm Sunday - decorated and fully functioning

Mobile Interactions Video Updates

More about The Fish technology.

More about The Fish design.

More about The Butterfly design and technology.

From REplay on Vimeo.

Mobile Interactions Photo Update

Can't wait to blog how the three mobile interactions were made, but since I am still programming today, for now I will give you a sneak peak at yesterdays progress in pictures...

The Butterfly by Chief Knitter Toiréasa

{Picasa Web Album: The Butterfly}

The Fish by Crafty Cross-Stitcher Rachel

{Picasa Web Album: The Fish}

The Flower by Crochet Queen Áine

{Picasa Web Album:The Flower}

Interactions as of 5:30am

The women are working away again this afternoon to finish them off.

I really enjoyed making these, and I am so excited about seeing them on the mobile frame in our exhibition room!

Annie.

Set Design | Mobile Frame

The Mobile Frame

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Three interactions will hang from the mobile. Three different shapes; a fish, a flower and a butterfly. Siobhán and Fodhla are making the technology, and Annie's mum is decorating the plastic canvas frame. They are going to be amazing!

Alannagh made a great job of the mobile. See the mock-up design here.

Annie.

Still Unfinished but Getting Closer

Alannagh.

Mobile Interaction Design

Finished threading the wool through the card and ready to start adding the chimes, hanging elements and add the finishing touches.

Alannagh. 

Mobile Interaction

Firstly I researched into fish and butterfly shapes. I then drew and cut them out on paper and cut the shapes from the canvas using the previous cut shapes as reference images.

Alannagh.

I recycled the thick square card from an old project. It is the perfect size for the mobile interactions to hang from. I know we were going to use wood but we can reinforce the piece with wood for the exhibition. I picked this instead as it is easy to work with and attach the wool. I have already started hanging the wool from this main board.

 Mock designs of the hanging mobile interactions

Sea Meets Sky

This is a mock-up demo of a mobile that will hang in our exhibition space. The actual mobile will be a wooden structure measuring approx. 1½ x 2½ feet.

The mobile will have three interactive elements hanging among strings of yarn. They will be in the shape of a butterfly, a star and a fish ...I have yet to make them... and they will work as a pendulum; the swinging arm will complete the circuit in our technical design. To make the elements sturdy the shapes will be cut from plastic canvas. Plastic canvas is perfect material for this because it won't curl like knitted shapes do, and a flat surface is crucial to the pendulum design.

To see an example of cross-stitch on plastic canvas click here.

The butterfly, star and fish elements will allow the user to control our project as an alternative to using a keyboard and mouse. We will make them quite decorative and beautiful with crochet designs in sparkly muted coloured yarns.

Sky Meets Sea from rePLAY on Vimeo.

Water droplets, waves, and clouds; sky meets sea.

the mobile mock-up

luxurious popcorn wool for the mobile

Annie.

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