Design & Technology

Year 8 Technology - Coasters

During online learning this term the students have been able to develop their skills and knowledge in different ways at home, rather than in the Workshop.

In Technology we have created and finished our own timber coasters. The first step was forming ideas and sketches, which we also annotated. Once we finalised our best design we got started on the Adobe (Illustrator & Photoshop) part of the process. This is where we used the Adobe software to convert our design into a PDF file that can be read by the laser cutter. This included creating vector lines, changing the colours on our coaster and various other steps. Our coasters were then cut by the laser cutter and sent home to us in an envelope. 

 

To finish off our timber coasters we sanded them down with sandpaper which was provided to us in the envelope. Lastly we coated the timber with either lacquer or oil, depending on what was available to us. 

 

All ready for our online learning cup of tea...

Emily Weber​ , Year 8

 

 

Mr Brendan O'Keeffe

Technology Teacher