The Machine that Cant Be STOPPED!

Filling the Moulds

Ive started filling up the moulds with batches of tarmac and resin. From my experiments I created my own measurement rule:

-200g of General Purpose Resin + cold lay asphalt resin , Needs 8/9 Catalyst to set in 45 mins.

Creating the batches of tarmac was a long process and required a lot of physical exercise to mix. The process goes like this:

1) 200g Resin in a big tub, Add black pigment

2) Crumble into small pieces cold lay asphalt into the resin

3) Mix

4) Add 8 catalyst

5) MIX QUICK AND THOROUGH

6) Pour into Mould

The Return of the NOS Canister

Using left over tarmac I put some into moulds I had made last semester of NOS canisters. At this stage I am unsure of wether i'm going to use them but I aim to make at least 4 a day whilst i'm making the sculptures.

I really like the fact that it crosses over the imagery of the canister with the actual road- seeing as you always see them laying around in the gutters of roads or crushed into the surface.

Burger Lights

My next inspiration for shape is traffic lights. This will be a more obvious form that sits within the space but I really like the idea of it. Simple, minimal. I aim to make three same sized circles that would be about the same size as the three red, amber, green lights you see in traffic lights. And yes they look like burgers...