Journeys for Knowledge

It has been almost a month since my last post, for which I profusely apologize. I will endeavor to post more in the coming weeks, as I have less than 2 months left in England. However, this absence was not without event, so I am happy to share with you the fruits of my labor in that time. As you may recall my last knex creations were for an end of term party. Now that the final academic term has come to a close, it is time to put everything I have into my final creation here, a set of wings.

I have never made a knex piece that require moving parts, beyond the simple pinwheel or spinning axis. Most of my effort was spent just trying to figure out how to build the joints to enable me to flap and rotate these wings. Once that was done, I could build the full wingspan complete with handles. This used up almost all of my knex pieces, to the point where I had be clever in my design to converse what pieces I had left. The final challenge of actually wearing the wings proved to be the most difficult, but luckily the solution presented itself this morning, which is why I can finally share this creation with you. These wings (and the sunglasses) are part of an attempted costume for Falcon from Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Really though, I just wanted to make something cool.

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