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With all the waterwheel design work complete now is the time to decide on the words to put on the paddles. We have 5 waterwheels… Read More »Experiment: Finalising words for the paddles

A font carries with it a rich embedded symbolism so the decision as to what font to use on the paddles was researched at this… Read More »Experiment: Font psychology and choice

This next experiment involved 2 paddles to assess how well they turned together but also each water wheel had paddles with different heights (12cm and… Read More »Experiment: Two paddle prototype

The amended design for the water wheels below has sizes in cm included. The paddles will be the same width but they will be taller.… Read More »Experiment: A design for full-size water wheels

I constructed a new version of the waterwheel using the idea of suspending it above the water. This would hopefully give finer control of the… Read More »Experiment: Suspended waterwheel

I took the prototype to a quite location on the river to test and record a video of it in action. The location below is… Read More »Experiment: Plywood & swivel hook prototype

I thought of a waterwheel as a way to interrupt the flow of the river so this experiment was a simple prototype made from a… Read More »Experiment: Words flowing together

My aim is to create an outcome that interrupts the river so I’ve been looking at suitable locations. The stretch below is close to home… Read More »Experiment: Planning for a river interruption

The collected mud samples were left to settle and differences emerged in both shade and texture. My plan was now to study those differences and… Read More »Experiment: 16 shades of brown