Introduction

This hopefully will enable you to mix and match the content of the unit according to your learning outcomes.

All six key skills will be used throughout this project!

TASK:

Design, make and evaluate a CANDLE/TEA LIGHT HOLDER using a range of appropriate metalwork skills.

The units have been divided into the following areas: Researching Designing Planning Making Evaluating

James Nixon

Alice Wilson

Caryl-Anne Davies

Task analysis

Your task will be to design and make a Tea Light Holder suitable for sale online. The holder must be made from mild steel and have an organic theme. Your design should be as original as possible – different to what’s already out there!

You will also need to make it to a high standard.

SITUATION:You have been employed as a young designer by ‘Celtic Creations’ ~ a trendy new Welsh online craft shop, specialising in quality hand made gifts.

Your situation and task outline.

Can you identify the key words in

this task.

• organic shapes

Key areas for research

During this task the

research is going to focus on the following aspects:

• trendy Welsh craft companies and product analysis.

• innovative and inspiring designers.

• types of metals – especially mild steel

Research methods.Researching information will help you to generate designs for the tea light holder. This can be carried out in a number of ways. This research could be done using either primary or secondary research

methods. What is the difference between

primary and secondary research?

Primary research is when you find out the information needed. Looking in shops, online shopping, talking to people - questionnaires etc. Many stores like Ikea, Habitat, Pier are good sources of style trends.

Secondary research is research somebody else has carried out or found the information that you can then use. Reading other peoples opinion in magazines, books, internet sites etc.