Creating Our Number 2

When it came to creating the number 2, Jordon and I had to a lot of planning and sort out what to do, who was to do it out of the two of us. We were going to use cardboard to create the 2 but, the weight would not have been enough to give the effect we wanted, so instead of cardboard we used a foam board, this weighed more and would give a better effect once the layers had been piled up on top of one another.
Jordon and I took it in turns to cut out the shape of the 2, it was tricky to do because the knife was quite blunt and cutting out the round sides was difficult as the knife kept cutting off in another direction.
Materials used:
2 Foam boards
1 knife
1 ruler
1 back board (so the table doesn't get scratched or damaged)

We ended up cutting 9 layers of the shape "2" so that we could get the right weight and width to give the effect we wanted. Once each 2 had been cut out, we peeled back the paper and stuck each 2 on top of the other.

Once the 2's were all stuck together, the next step was to sand it all down to make the edges smoother and all in line with one another. To do this, Jordon and i went down to the 3D workshop and used sandpaper to sand it all down. Unfortunately for us, we had to go outside in the cold because the foam is extremely hard to get out of materials like carpet and the material used for the chairs. By going outside, the wind would blow away the foam and make less of a mess. It took Jordon and i around an hour and a half to sand all the sides down to en equal point.

Once the 2 had been sanded down, it came to the point where we had to paper mache it. It took is an hour to do the sides and one face of the object. We couldn't do both sides in one day so we had to come in on another day to do the other face of the 2. Unfortunately, when Jordon and I  came in on the friday, no one was available in the art department so we couldn't use their PVA glue or paint brushes so instead, we had to go and buy glue and paint brushes. We added water to the glue to make a paste and covered the 2 and left it to dry over the weekend.

On monday morning, we painted the 2 using white paint and paint brushes. Jordon and I knew that one layer was not going to be enough to cover up the newspaper printing, so once one layer was painted, we dried it under the hand dryer in the toilets allowing us to finish the job quicker but have the same outcome as it would by letting it dry by itself. We gave the to 2 three layers of paint so that we covered the newspaper up and gave a good effect.