After I talked about the British Air force and American flyers having an interest in the ballpoint when it first appearedn and discussed why, I was suggested to look at the difference between the ballpoint pen and the one it took over from, the fountain pen. To see what was used back then, and what is used now. The nibs, the ink to cartridges and leaky tools to smooth flowing biro.
The ball in the biro is the most dominant change, allowing the ink to flow securely through, onto the page without smudge or smear. So as part one of the brief I began making a mould from plaster of paris of a generic ballpoint pen. Then I had decided to emphasise the ball and spray painted marbles and a bauble with silver crome spray.
The ball had also been described as a metal sponge for the ink, so I spray painted a golf ball, with the idea of the its 'pore-like' exterior giving the impression of something thet would absorb!! (this is sounding alot like my last project!!)
However, I also thought of incorporating something to do with the air force and the pen originally. And after having a chat with one of the girls in my class I think I could come up with a better way of 'celebrating the ordinary object'. Combining an old air force plane with the sillohette of the biro, having it 'soaring up'!!
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