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The production images from initial concept sketch to full prototype of
"lunartik in a cup of tea"

2003
The first concept sketches for lunartik

Lunartik Concept sketch
by Phil Corbett

2004-2005
Here's little loveable lunartik

QT Qee - produced by TOY2R.com
Designed for the design a qee competition 2004,
"QT Qee" was in production in 2005
The Packaging was designed by myself for this series

Lunartik in a cup of tea design & development.
Here is the original plans and layouts for producing "lunartik in a cup of tea".
This project has been on going, over several years, the idea of creating a canvas based on the toy form
is not a new idea, but the difference is that I can now paint and develop these canvases so I can produce
one off artworks, no full scale production, just a simple set of lovely canvases, which happen to be
lunartik in shape, and in a cup of tea.
My reasoning behind the cup of tea, is that tea is the source of fuel that keeps me awake at night,
tea has become a big part of my life

2D turn-a-round
produce by using a CAD package, plus a component listings &general assembly

2006
Illustration of lunartik

2006- 3D model of lunartik
Produced by Jamie Franks

The making of lunartik in a cup of tea!

1. CAD Basics Creating the basic shapes from foam and wood using the CAD drawing i drew up using illustrator.	2. Making Making master model components. They are all are made by hand which involves lots of carving, shaping and sanding.
3. Spray & Finishing The components are all sprayed white and individually hand sanded to make for less finishing work once produced in resin.	4. General Assembly An assembly of the components was completed, the arms were on pins so they fitted to the body tightly, & they were ready to have the final undercoat before they went to be silicone molded.
5.Producing the tools for the resin Plastic boxes were produced to hold the silicone, The boxes are water tight, &the components are suspended inside with rods, this is for ease of use when pouring of the resin, it will allow for h&casting, as the rods attached to the components are set so the resin will fill in all the details once the resin it has been poured inside the silicone.	6. Silicone casting Once the silicone is poured into the boxes, They are then put into a vacuum tank. This remove all the air bubbles from the silicone, so when you pour the resin into the silicone tool, the the models come out from the tool perfectly. If the tool has any imperfections in it, you will see these in the final design.
7. Producing multiples of the components The white block in this image is a silicone tool created in the same way as images above, This tool is a simple one part tool, you can pour the resin into it from the top, we call this top feeding, &in around 10 minutes, the air drying resin is set &you can pop your components, in this case theses are lunartik's eyes.	8. Spraying &testing resin components This model is a full resin piece, it has been produced the same way as the eyes, but the tools are more complex, this model has been sanded down, sprayed &finished, with the eyes in place.
9. The first resin batch. Here's the first set of lunartik toys. ready to use as a canvas. but the possibilities are endless.	10. final spray job, & finishing Little lunartik looks very cute as he pears out from his tea cup.