So...

I'm currently working on a private commission for architect David Wright. The project was forwarded on to me, rather fortuitously, from a couple of now graduated third year students from my course who couldn't take it on because they'd already found employment.

The commission is a card model of a proposed build in Evening Hills, Poole at a scale of either 1:100 or 1:200. I chose 1:200, thinking it might be a little easier to make at a smaller scale... this has not been the case.

The material was restricted to card - mountboard in particular - which, as lovely as it is to work with, is not great for small models. I've found that the board cuts fairly easily but when the parts one's making are of the size they are, the edges can split or pucker.

If I'm honest, I wish I had better plans to work from. Those that the architect gave me don't have the amount of information I really need to work from. I have several sheets of plans to glean the information from... I have a 1:200 scale, A1 of the full site and neighbouring properties; another 1:200 A2 sheet of the side elevations; and three 1:100 scale A2 sheets of the proposed building's interior layouts (each sheet displaying a different story of the structure).

I've encountered several problems so far: the A1 1:200 site plan has hand-drawn revisions, which are less than accurate. These revisions are shown clearly on the three A2 1:100 floor plans, but are very hard to decipher. Nevertheless, I have committed myself the to project and must have it finished soon. There's been no official deadline set but I'd like to have it finished by August 19th.

I will upload some photos of the finished model. I would put the plans on here but I think that might be illegal as they were given to me in confidence.