For her higher design unit, Beth in S4 is designing a peacock costume. Today she was experimenting with different ways to create a huge fan tail... I think it will be quite a challenging project but have no doubt that Beth will manage it!
First she tried attaching all the "feathers" to a cardboard fan but this was not strong enough or long enough:
Then she tried to create a template for a bigger fan...
The next trial worked better using a polystyrene ring which could give support at two different points:
