Last iteration sketch of intervention:
I’ve simplified the amount of acrylic pieces in the space to create more suspense and a climax when walking into the hot house. I would have 1 acrylic piece at the entrance to the winter gardens then one at each entrance into the hot houses and then inside the hot houses have 6 large pieces suspended from the ceiling. I’ll have little jelly domes with banana bread inside.
Jelly Treat Method:
Ingredients:
- A loaf of banana bread (I bought one from the supermarket)
- Jelly Crystals
Follow the instructions on the packet of jelly crystals to prep the jelly.
Carve out little bites of banana bread.
Once the jelly crystal mixture has cooled down, pour into a dome shaped mould and place the banana bread into the jelly.
Place in the fridge to set overnight.
Once set, pop the jelly out of the mould and dust with sherbet.
Eat and enjoy your sticky fingers.
I got my flat mates to try my jellies and was delighted at how they reacted to peoples touch. They flopped around and got the sherbet on their fingers. The pure jellies didn’t hold their form very well but the jellies with the banana bread held really well. The sherbet creates a really interesting combo in your mouth. Overall i’m very pleased with how they turned out. The only issue I had was they were tricky to get out of the moulds so weren’t as perfect as I would have liked.
The texture of the banana bread jellies with the sherbet on top created a really interesting sensation in the mouth. The texture is somewhat off putting but the taste is sweet as you taste the granules of sherbet.
To display my jellies I will place them on an acrylic sheet in neon green to create glowing platform.
Acrylic installation inspo:
http://www.fubiz.net/en/2016/10/06/fluorescent-acrylic-glass-art/
Lights above the acrylic for the night time?
Construction drawings:
To install the acrylic sculptures I will use a suspended ceiling system using a suspension clip to clip onto the arches and trusses of the winter gardens, allowing a steel rod to be secured to it and then threaded through some small holes on each corner of the acrylic sheets and secured in place with a nut.
To create the acrylic sculptures the acrylic sheets will have to be heated up and moulded into an interesting fluid form. To make my trial models, I placed the acrylic into my home oven and once it was heated through used heatproof gloves to mould it into interesting shapes.
Spatial Fabrication 