The funnel for the flame and the building of the Cauldron

Taken by me- spray painting

 The idea of having the glass funnel is that its encapsulates the flame inside, the glass is double insulated meaning the heat cant escape. Spray paint was the best option to coat the glass to look like a flame, yellow paint was going to be applied but this looked tacky. The bronze and silver combined worked with the colour of the cauldron.

Spray painting - authors own 

I got feedback from Geoff he jokingly said take visit to the pound store to find some electronic candles to put inside, but the problem with that is the model is stuck down to the board and I cant get into the glass funnel without breaking it.  The intention is to stick this down to the board with glue to keep it stable.






Building the low stadium seating. 
The Olympics being a worldwide event needs to incorporate for all of society including the disabled and my seating is made for them.  On-line I saw ways of making gradual seating, meaning the material is cut but 5mm smaller each time to create a slight step.  MFD was the cheapest material in B&Q so it was perfect for this as its not that important its just an aesthetic to the design.  Glue was the next step, dotting the glue around the wood and using a clamp to secure them.

Taken by me Hacksaw and MDF
Even though the model was complete it didn't look finished,  I had seen other student architecture models so taking some inspiration from them made some raised seating. I used the length of the board and dew a curve I then applied this to MDF. 4 of these were made and glued together . lastly blue paint was used as it went nicely with the bronze colour of the model. 

Authors own  Glueing 

Analysis and Evaluation 

The whole point of using the glass funnel was to replicate what the flame is secured in. The idea is to have the flame inside the funnel, and for it to shoot up into the sky above the cauldron and the audience. It will be a spectacular icon for 2 weeks of sport.  Research suggested that previous Olympic Cauldron designs hadn't incorporated the idea of being inside the flame, obviously double insulation will protect the people, but the concept of being able to walk around it in a safe proximity. My design is the first of its kind for that reason. It also links well with the quote pier De Coubertain said "its not all about winning but taking part",  and my design allows those to be part of the games even if they didn't see the torch relay. 

The funnel is made of thick glass that I found in a charity shop, just because of its height it was a perfect replica of what could take form if the design was used for the Olympics. The next stage was spray painting it, with glass its fairly easy and sticks well, but it can look tacky, so colour consideration was key. Yellow and orange to represent the "flame" was initially the first brain wave, but I wanted sophisticated over tacky. Gold and silver streaks were done instead.