Segment Making and Developments

These are my first attempts of making my orange segments:

The segments directly below exactly represent what i will do for my final ones other however I mis calculated my measurements ending up with these pieces being to big to fit into the orange skin. Aside from this I am happy with how these pieces turned out as they successfully captured the property of the orange/idea I was trying to portray.

From left to right the segments are 

 - the fluffy outside (representing the white orange rind)

- sand paper covered for texture

- filled with sugar to create 'liquid' effect

These segments below represent attempts I have made that need re doing as were not overly successful. The segment on the left represents the idea of having a segment be squishy like the segments in oranges are. I tired making it out of a piece of plastic to hold the curved shape and a balloon filled with cotton buds however I found that the shape of the sides would not hold so will need to try with a firmer material.

The segment on the left represents the idea of how when peeling an orange bits get stuck under your fingernails. To show this I created a plaster mold with grooves that you can hook your fingernails under. Unfortunately the plater was too fragile and the grooves starte to crack. I really like this idea so do not want to abandone it but will have to seriously reconsider other materials I could use.