ID 102 – FINAL PROJECT/ DO IT YOURSELF CHESS SET

Hello dear ;
I am Beste in Basic Design 102. This project is about creating new chess with materials at home. First of all , I started by thinking how I can create chess pieces. 

Chess pieces have their own points. These are the king endless, queen 9, rooks 5, bishops 3, knights 3 and pawns 1. The size of the stones I will design will change according to their scores in the game. For example, the length of the pawn is 1 centimeter and the length of the bishops knights horse will be 3 centimeters because they earn more points than pawn. I will paint my pieces in such a way as to complement each other. Although there are two different groups, they are one. I couldn’t decide the shapes and the patterns on them. And also, thanks to the needles under the chess pieces, the  pieces will sink and the game will not break down and fall on the ground in any impact. I will use salt dough as I think my materials in the house are limited to shape the chess pieces. 

For chess pieces I am searching a lot of websites and photos. For example;

 

This photo helps me to creat new form but these pieces’ shape look like still own shape.

Another photo like this

I wonder if it was made from cardboard, it helped me think, but my preference is a bit two-dimensional.

However, some photos could change my mind and also they help me to abstract. 

Thanks to these photo, I tried to make shape a bit more abstract. I wanted to prepare the dough and try it out because I thought I couldn’t express myself when drawing in three dimensions.

HOW DID I PREPARE THE SALT DOUGH?

 

1 cup of flour. 1 cup of salt  and 1/2 cup of water  are mixed then  kneaded. 

In my first experience, the dough was a little runny. More precisely, it stuck to my hand very much.However, despite this situation, I made a few mock-ups like this. 

THE PAWN

THE ROOK

THE BISHOP

Some cracks occurred after drying in my dough. I thought that maybe the reason for these cracks may be because my dough is stuck in my hands at first. Next time i try to keep my dough a little harder.These stones do not form a family. My goal was to see how I could play with the dough and how to face problems.If I can avoid minor cracking, I will continue my homework with salt dough.

For chessboard

  I am still studying on sketching and thinking about new ideas. I will consider everything to reach a good d.i.y chess set.

Best regards…