؜Background Information on the book

؜In the book, Memory Boy by Will Weaver, 16 year old Miles Newell has to learn to survive in a world that is falling apart. In the book, the Yellowstone super-volcano has erupted, the economy has collapsed, and nobody is ever safe. Miles and his family have to leave their home and seek safety, they take this journey on the Ali Princess.

؜My Thesis

؜For my FessyCon project, I am building a mini bike model and characters based of my book. This Project connects to my book because the bike I am modeling is how all the characters travel in the actual book. Throughout the story, they face many challenges, but the Ali Princess is always there and that's why I think it's so symbolic. In order to make my project interactive, I will make the characters from the book attachable to the bike, via magnets. I will also create a spinnable pedestal to see the project from all angles.

My Initial Sketch

Conceptual Precedents

؜Technical Precedents

؜Day 1 of Building

Today I built the seats for the bicycle. I also created a much more detailed sketch of my project, and I created different steps I will take to build the project

؜Day 2 of Building

Today I bent and cut metal wire to form the bike frame, I intended to solder the wire together, but it turns out it wouldn't work, so I glued them together. It may not look like a bike now, but it will soon!

؜Day 3 of Building

Today I bent and cut metal wire to form the parts for the wheels of the bike. with the spare metal wire I will create spokes and they will look like wheels. I plan to glue them together tomorrow

؜Day 4 of Building

Today I took the bent wire and constructed the wheels. it was pretty hard to glue them together because I had to be very precise, but I got it done. Tomorrow I will attach these to the bike

؜Day 5 of Building

Today I was supposed to present my mid review, but I was last, so during my study hall, I attached the wheels to the bike.

؜See The Resemblence So Far?