Inspiration

For this project, we were encouraged to explore a new direction of DIY: casting and mold-making. While I had a little experience doing C&MM when I was younger, it had been quite a while so I was excited to jump back in to this domain. For this project, we were going to cast and mold our clay gripper models from our previous project (details on the original project 3 here). 

As a brief overview, the object I sought to redesign from last project was a bus strap handle, which currently is just a thick nylon strap that can cut into your skin and be difficult to hold as it warps with any type of weight on it. My design was a rubber handle overlay based on duffel bag handles that allows users extra protection from the nylon strap and also a little bit of flex in the strap depending on the size of the user's hand to prevent pinching.