Meredith Silverman

Mandy and I have gotten together twice to work prototype our Magna Beads. We covered our magnets in an air-dry clay that looked promising. But it dried brittle. We sprayed a little sealant on the beds in hopes of making them stronger… but then I dropped them and the clay shattered to pieces.

A few days later, we went to Pearl and picked up two different varieties of air-dry clay. The second time was the charm. We redid all our claywork and they came out exactly as we envisioned. The beads are strong enough to hold up to accidental drops, but light enough that the magnets still work.

Today, Mandy and I presented our progress on Magna Beads in class. The beads are still white, but I think we got our idea across. In the coming days and weeks, we plan to decorate the beads as kids would be able to decorate them using the various kits. And then we’ll work on a website.

In class, Warren suggested that we add a stronger web component to our project. I think once the website’s up, however, it’ll speak for itself.

See Mandy’s post here.