Fan Folly 2024 Part 3
I am continuing with the Rough Fan.
Rough Folded Fan
I have Folded the Fan and it does work - Barely. Now to try it with a different Material.
Draw Around Fan
To get the Shape right I have reopened the Fan and Placed it Face down on some different Material. This is an Off Cut from a Christmas Pair of Pyjamas.
Doubled
Once Drawn I Folded the Material over and Cut it out. Next I Glued it together.
Quartered
Once Dried I proceeded to Fold the Material into Quarters. It now looks like a Slice of Cake or a Cheese Triangle.
Snipped
I Snipped the Corner off with a Pair of Scissors then Opened it back up. I now had the beginning of the Semi Circle.
Curved
I Cut away until the Snipped section was Curved. Now it looks like a very thick Rainbow.
At first I tried Nine Struts but it wouldn’t work. I scaled back down to Five and though it was better it still wasn’t right. I can Place and Glue them in place alright to start with.
Unfortunately once I try to fold it or use it the Material comes away from the Stuts. The principle is fine it is the Struts that are the problem. Naturally being placed one on Top of the other the Further from the beginning the Higher the Last Strut is going to be.
This means that the Glue just will not hold in place. With a different kind of Strut it would probably work. However these Garden Labels that I am using for the Struts are not completely Flat. They have raised Edges which is doubling the Gap in between. Time for a rethink.
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