Construction

Making the box

My first attempt to the design was just a basic wooden box with cups in it to hold the different smells. I thought of making my final model like this from the start of the project and thought it would look very appealing being out of wood. The design looked very chunky and dis-organised with a bottom piece connected to it to make where i would draw. So i decided to review my design an come up with something that looked much different. 

The New Design

At this this point of the development i found it hard to scrap my old model and come up with a new idea. I also didn't want to stay with the drawing idea so i thought that i could pastels and people could scratch on it, or using a type of sponge fluid where people could play with and move around. But the best idea was to use sand as i thought that people usually draw in the sand no matter how good someone can draw. Making a sandbox that smelt was challenging but i enjoyed playing with down in the workshop to create the design.

The process

Started off with a piece of wood cut down to correct measurements.

Using the drill press i chipped out a layer 10 mm down out of the wood and then chiseled around the the outside to make it flat and even.

The corners were curved just for aesthetic's i think.

Then i drilled bigger holes anther 7mm down around the board to place chunks of the pate of smells.

A thin type of paper was placed on the design to help the sand sit on top of the smells.