Plastic Perception

The past few weeks have been tougher than I had anticipated, but I have no regrets in the time that I've spent on these projects. It's been difficult making the transition from my daily routine of doing absolutely nothing, to having complete one project after another. The annual vellum competition is right around the corner and I'm starting to feel the pressure of having to produce something. Since we have a week to design and build a piece of furniture, our teacher isn't putting as much emphasis on this competition as we anticipated because of the time we've spent on these material experiments.

As the vellum competition approaches, I plan to build upon my second experiment in trying to prevent the air bubbles from bursting by reversing the method of construction. Instead of having the bubble wrap inside the plastic bags, they'll be the material inside the bubble wrap, providing the necessary resistance when grouped together. The ironed bags would then create a finish to the bubble wrap that will conceal the strips of plastic bags being shown from behind. I guess the only decision that I have left to make is the type of pattern I want to create. Since I'm essentially designing a blanket that could be used as a sleeping bag, it would be wise to have these stuffed bubbles in higher concentrated areas that would receive most of the pressure. It would also be nice to have the bubble wrap form to the shape of a human body when the person is at rest. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know! Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

First Attempt