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		Design Brief Design a wall bracket that will support a hanging basket full of trailing geraniums. The hanging basket is hemispherical and has a diameter of 350mm. The top chain connecting ring should hook onto the bracket 400mm away from the wall. Problem 1. How to make a wall bracket that will support the hanging basket, the soil and the geraniums. Problem 2. How to fix the bracket to the wall.

Working through Problem 1

Use notes and sketches to illustrate designs for wall brackets that could support the hanging basket. 
Develop your best design, describing: 

• the material(s) that will be used to make the bracket 
• how the various parts will be fixed together (that is, if the bracket has more than one part)
• the forces acting on each part of the bracket structure
• the “finish” that will be applied to the bracket, giving reasons for your choice.

Working through Problem 2

Use notes and sketches to illustrate how the bracket can be fixed securely to a wall.

Extension work

• Use notes and sketches to describe how the basket could be made.
• Use notes and sketches to describe how the chain could be fixed to the basket.
• Make the bracket.
• Make the basket.

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