The Coat hook: Bristle Block Concept

 This process felt very comfortable for me, although I didn't make something that I would consider "artsy" I feel like when I finally did decide on the concept it was a smooth and natural creation. Not just the bristle design but some other designs I did on the side also felt quite natural at this point thanks to the classes.

finding out the shape of the "wings" and the size of the bristle tips were important, I needed it to be strong enough to not get pulled out by gravity and small enough to feel like it was still a "bristle"

coming up with this shape, I thought the stress points on it were pretty solid it would be a good contender for weight. Next was how to hold it.

For a prototype I ended up creating this, a small holder with bristles of the same thickness as the thinnest part of the hook to test the size and shape of the bristles and hook. The main issues I was having with this design was A. The inserts for the "Bristles" were just a hair too small, so I scaled it up by .25mm and cleaned up the surface of the bristles to where it was a near perfect fit and B the hook, when given enough pressure, the tip inserted into the bristles would slip out.

There for I decided to reinforce the fault in hopes that it will hold. I have tested the original hook and it does hold to a certain weight limit, I'm hoping that this next design will increase the hold strength by ten fold. Next step is to ideally create a larger bristle board and experiment with that