The Device Project- Waypoint's Prototype

The model was finished- it was time to print it.

One of my main jobs within the group was to make a physical prototype of a Waypoint glove.

I printed the socket, the three rings as one piece and the orb in two halves. I printed them with a translucent white filament, so I was able to attach the two halves of the orb using UV Resin. UV Resin cures quickly under direct UV light and can cure flat and strong, so it was perfect for this.

With the pieces printed, I painted all of them with the correct colours using acrylic paints- I felt it really brought them to life.

Using more UV resin, I glued snap closures to the bottom of the orb, inside the socket and on the base of the socket to allow the orb to be removable from the socket and the socket removable from the glove. I also used the resin to glue a thin elasticated thread to the innermost ring, passing through the orb to allow it to 'float' in the centre.

I used some stretchy fabric that I already owned, salvaged from clothes mostly, to sew together the glove itself. I made the pattern using measurements that Yadav gave me so that it would fit him properly. I sewed some snaps to the glove so that the socket would be able to clip to it.

As a finishing touch, I processed the simplified Waypoint logo in Cricut Design Space and cut it out as a black vinyl sticker in my Cricut Joy cutting machine. It really made the glove feel complete, I'm glad I did it.

These photographs of the prototype were taken by Yadav- the one wearing it in these pictures and the advert I made next.