Today I finally finished my final product. All I really had to do was just polish the front/back and the edges. My pewter flower was really shiny that you could see your reflection in it.
As soon as I finished polishing Mr Grundy hooked up the necklace lace to my flower and it was done. I had a choice to make a box for my necklace to be in, so I did. It didn't really take long as I only had to choose a colour, cut out a piece of MDF and wait for it to all be glued tight together.
For my velvet I chose the colour purple because I thought it suited well with the silver necklace. I'm excited to finish making the box and placing my necklace inside it.
There's a new volcano alert system, that could have possibly guessed the eruption of White Island 16 hours before it happened. This new gadget was designed and created by a team of scientists at Auckland University.
It was an algorithm that can pick up patterns before the eruption happens. A person has spoken saying that this might be the only device of its kind in the world! The scientists are now looking at Ruapehu and Tongariro.
Dr Dempsey says that he really hopes this will be a product that is used around the world.
Auckland Zoo has officially opened a new habitat for orangutans and siamangs. The zoo staff has said that this has been their biggest development in 97 years! These chubby hairy creatures will enjoy their new home that has a lot of stuff that they could climb on.
This new environment provides a lot of things that orangutans and siamangs will love. I think that this is a great idea adding more animals in the zoo, especially for young children to watch. Their new home also allows the primate staff to take care of them!
Yesterday I was finally able to move onto my second to last piece of sandpaper. About 10-15 minutes went by and I had finished and was onto my last sandpaper. Since we had a few more weeks left in this class for next term I was really in such a rush.
Once I was finished sanding my flower I then had to sand it with water and repeat the same moves that I have done for the last 2 weeks. As soon as I finished I gave it to Mr Grundy to see if it was all ready to be polished and shined.
Unfortunately there was not much time to start polishing so I have to wait till next term. I think that my design turned out better than I expected and I can't wait to see it all shiny!
