Pyramid Power 2021 Part 2

 Pyramid Power 2021 Part 2

I was finding Cutting these Matchsticks very Time Consuming.

Clever Clippers

 

I remembered a Tip whilst I had been doing some Researching on the Internet. One suggest was to Clip Matchsticks with a pair of Nail Clippers.

Due to lack of Instructions I had decided what I was calling the Base would actually be the final Top part of the overall Pyramid. I would have to work out how to do the Hollow part later.

First Layer

I found using the Nail Clippers made things a little better and was soon ready to add my First Layer to the Base. In order to strengthen it I decided to put the Matchsticks the Opposite Direction.

It wasn’t just the Length of the Matchsticks that had been giving me problems. If you look at the above photograph you can see that many of them were Warped. This meant they didn’t lay snuggly together.

Two Short Planks

 

After the First Layer was dry I began to Add the Second. However this Time I was one Matchstick Minus at either End.

Pyramid Steps

 

I continued to Add a Layer at a time. Each Layer was 2 Matchsticks Fewer than the Previous Layer. Not only that I was Clipping the Matchsticks I was Adding Shorter each time.

 

Poly Cement

I was finding the Sticking very hard work. Half the time the Matchsticks were coming off again in my hand. Not only that the whole thing seemed extremely Brittle.

Since this part of the Pyramid was going to be the Top I was going to need something far better than the PVC Glue I had been using for the Main Structure. I decided to seek professional advice from Heaps our local Art shop. He recommended Poly Cement.