The final stone
After many hard working hours in the ceramics room, finally a working bottle rock was born. The form of this bottle was a little different at the top, because of the problems with the bottle being sealed in however in retrospect, this shape looks as though the bottle is emerging (like Jesus did), and looks quite dynamic.
The rock was made out of Jesmonite and white pigment to connote purity, whilst the shape aimed to look as natural as possible whilst being created from a clay mould by hand. The icon is on the front as I felt if the name of the brand is on the packaging and other deliverables, this left a bit more ambiguity and mystery, looking like a rock that someone has etched onto without any explanation.
Evaluation:
Although I am very pleased with how this turned out considering I had never used any of the materials before, if I was to improve this it would be by using a better quality nozzle. Because of the stress of trying to craft a working bottle within a jesmonite mould, I just used the first bottle I could find in the shop, as I didn't consider that perhaps a metal nozzle would be more fitting and less cheap looking. That being said, it functions and that is what I was aiming for. It is the brand as a whole that is the most important aspect.
Production:
If the rock was to be produced commercially, it could be done in a very similar way with a more professional setting. Moulds of the same model would have to be created to ensure that all the rocks look the same, however, in the future, the product could introduce slightly different shaped rocks to introduce a sense of authenticity to match the natural 'plucked from a mountain' aesthetic that is captured in the product.
Vinamold and Jesmonite were fairly cheap to use, but jesmonite made the product quite heavy which would be difficult to package using just card. Ways to avoid this would be to create more hardy packaging, or to use something lighter such as concrete.
Distribution:
All the stones would be packaged up in a box with a leaflet insert containing instructions and various bible passages in relation to repentence.
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