The interdisciplinary shape of the shovel was relatively easy to mimic, due to its simplistic form. As a profile with only three upwards bends, two side bends and a central curved shaft, it was not a difficult shape to fabricate. Although the fit of the skin with the contours of the interdisciplinary object is not entirely perfect, the overall profile of the skin matches quite well with the shape in which it was modeled after. The most difficult region of the skin to shape was the central curve of the object, due to it high degree of curvature given the small scale of the object. This process emphasised how precise yet rigid manufactured objects can be, due to the nature in which shovels are produced. Machinery and equipment which is used to produce these tools are highly accurate and it is difficult and somewhat impossible for it to replicated using hand tools and more traditional methods of metal shaping.
Interdisciplinary object - Shovel
Side view of shovel template
Metal skin of object
Side view of skin showing upward bends
Front view of skin showing upward bending shovel tray
Skin showing curve of shovel shaft
Skin on object showing wrapping of curvature
Side view of skin placed on object
Front view of skin placed on object
Metal skin pulled back to show curvature fit
Final interdisciplinary object and skin
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