User:Bdkraem/Bdkraem-Illum

Write problem/project Goal
What is your wording of the overall problem/project goal?

The overall project goal is to incorporate EL wire into diverse masks my team and I will create, in order to demonstrate how EL wire can be used to create illuminated clothing, or illuminated facial wear.

My First Task
What are you going to do for the team this first weekend?

For the first weekend I will eb looking into getting EL wire for our masks.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Ended up only getting 3 EL wires due to price. Also had to buy batteries.

Week1 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

During the first week I help the team create the masks. The process is actually pretty simple. Even though we did it as a group, you could actually do it yourself. I hepled Rebecca do her mask first. First, cover the persons face with vaseline or protoleum jelly. Then take the plaster strips and cut them into smaller strips. About 1"x2" strips will work. Dip the plaster strips into the water and then smooth them out on to the persons face. Repeat this until their entire face is covered. Once the face is covered, allow the plaster to set and dry for approximately 20-30 minutes. Once dry, you can remove the mask.

The same basic process was done on me to make my mask. As I said above, you can do this yourself by working in front of a mirror and being careful with your hands.

My mask turned out to be a little flimsy in some areas, so it will need to be reinforced.

My Second Task
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the second weekend.

Over the second weekend, I plan on reinforcing the mask with more plaster in some of the week areas around the cheeks.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

The reinforcement went well. The mask should be sturdy and not flimsy now.

Week2 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Over this week I plan to add some additional scaffolding to the mask so I can extend the hair line. If you look at the concept of my mask on the team page, you'll see that there is extensive work to d above my forehead. For this, I'll have to add on to the mask.

I have added some cardboard to the front of the mask and glued it down with hot glue. I cut out various sizes that I need to get the design that I wanted. Once the cardboard was in place, I covered the front of the cardboard in plaster as to give it the same appearance as the rest of the mask.

My Third task
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the third weekend.

For the next week, I plan on adding EL wire to the trim of the mask to give it a glow-y look.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Added EL wire fairly well. I tried splicing two different colors together but I had some serious problems.

Week3 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Over this week I added ELw ire to the edge of the mask. I was able to do this pretty easily as the EL wire was easy to bend in into place and I was able to use hot glue to keep it down. I was able to wire the entire hairline in blue. I wanted to add some white EL wire to the bottom, and for that I needed to splice to two colors together. To splicing them together in theory is not difficult, but can be tricky in practice.

You must first remove the out color coating from the EL wire. Then, there is inner insulation that also must be removed. Under that insulation are two negative "Angel Wires" surrounded the phosphorus coated positive wire. This phosphorous glows white when it receives a current. The angel wires are extremely small and are easy to cut while trying to remove the inner insulation. I cut the angel wires about 7 times before finally being able to get both angel wires out. Unfortunately, I cut one of the angel wires during the enxt step of removing the phosphorus coating from the positive wire. I ran tou fot ime and had to give up.



My Fourth task
''Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the final weekend of project work. '' For the final week of the project, I will be working on finalizing my notebook and preparing for the final. All work in the engineering lab as a group on our masks has come to a close.

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Week4 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.