TINFOIL

The tin foil house soon became the most challenging of all my models simply down to its delicate structure and capability to tear easily. This property of the material narrowed down the amount of construction ways possible, for instance using complex joints would not work. I soon realized the only realistic way of doing this would be to create the net and join using flaps...

The construction approach.
The only way that i felt the model could be made strongest and most stable was by using the net method. I tested joining processes with prit stick and soon found that it wasn't enough to hold it together. My reply to this was transparent sellotape. The aesthetics to me were most important with this particular material. It shiny reflective surface and indented structure looks beautiful when light is portrayed upon it.

evaluation of material.

Tinfoil isn't the strongest of materials, intact its completely on the other end of the scales. The name tells me what the material is formed of... its simply a thin foil sheet of tin (extremely thin in fact) 0.0052cm thick. This feature of the material means that it it is extremely malleable - means the foil can easily be shaped.