Keith.

Keith is an all-round lad; he loves having a laugh and always has a spring in his step. He en’gages’ with everyone all around and is always offering a helping hand’le. He is a no pressure guy and goes with the flow. He has a bouncy and strong personality and is just looking for someone to filter his days with.

I loved making Keith, it was such a happy accident and no mess project, there were a few problems (as always) to look past but he was pretty straight forward once I had all the components and just fell together almost.

The air filter and spring came from Adam, (sis’s boyfriend) and the pressure gag in one from Bill archive of exciting stock him hordes.

I think I found it easily because I had all of the stock on one day and didn’t have to wait of go find stuff to use which made it seem effortless and so smooth. I hate having half a project and no materials.

So I started with the head, I placed the pressure gage on to and tried screwing it on, I used a big bolt and a nut to keep it in place, the head moves around but won’t fall off. I tightened it with a pair of plyers to keep it in place. Then the body was already attached to the head so I placed the spring under as a joke and then it really worked and Bill said it reminded him of ‘Zebedee’ from an old programmed called ‘The Magic Roundabout’, which I watched after and found it the trippy’est thing I have ever seen and just wanted to turn it off but couldn’t… weird. So I kept the spring and then really needed arms because it was just too round without them and didn’t show enough character without them. I pondered…I walked round Bill room twice rummaging and came across these kitchen handles and asked and it turns out they were Bills old ones... told you, -horder. I came to a stump of ideas when it came to the arms because I needed it to look seamless but be story, so I tried drilling into the filter but it just kept getting caught up in the padding. So I tried sanding down the holes to make them bigger, once sanded down the handles look lifeless and just hung. So I then ripped it open with plyers, to allow room for movement and then found hybrid glue to stabilise it and now the arms can’t move, but have a pose to them that into lifeless and create a gesture for the bot to the viewer.

This bot is great for old-middle-aged people because it does remind them of the magic roundabout, creating a bridge of recognition and connection, memory and happy memories. I always seek to connect with the viewer in my work through emotion or recognition and feel I have succeeded in the bots.