SP-F17-CTHACH

Week 15: This is the final week in which we have completed our final project, a personal mini gallery based on our own preferences and styles. this has been the culmination of several weeks of planning and implementation. These are the results. Craft: For the craft, I used the following tools: the Baltic plywood cutouts which were already glued, textile craft paper, a computer, print paper, wood glue, brushes, and acrylic paint. From the previous week, we used Baltic plywood, a sturdy and high-quality wood which formed the sides of the mini gallery. Craft paper was glued to the floor of the gallery to indicate the sense of a wood floor to the viewer. Leftover wood from the cutting were used as frames for printed pictures to allude the idea of miniature paintings that would populate the walls of the gallery. Brushes and acrylic paint were used to color the walls of the gallery. These components of the gallery played key roles in conveying the idea ...

Week 14: This week, we begin to finish our work on our final project. This week we glue and decorate our mini galleries. These are the results. Craft: For the craft, I used the following tools: the Baltic plywood cutouts, masking tape, wood glue, and weights. From the previous week, we used baltic plywood, a sturdy and high-quality wood for the sides of the mini gallery. Masking tape would connect the pieces temporarily until using wood glue, I was able to glue them in place. The weights were used to keep the wood together as the glued dried to prevent and pockets of air or curled wood from forming. As we used a limited resource pool of wood for our projects, making sure that all things were accounted for and materials were used responsibly was a major consideration.  I did not want to waste a piece of wood by gluing the wrong side or not aligning them properly or mishandling them. Making sure the sides were in proportion, and understanding how scale would play into ...

Week 13: This week, we continued to work on our final project, a collaborative project with the other groups in our class to create an art gallery for ourselves. This week we finalized and cut out the layouts of our mini galleries. Now we are beginning to assemble them. This are the results. Craft: For the craft, I used the following tools: Zing Laser Cutter, Baltic Plywood, masking tape, a ruler, Adobe Illustrator, a computer, and flash drive. Similar to previous wood cutting assignments for our class, we used baltic plywood, a sturdy and high-quality wood. It would form the structure of the project we had composed. To cut it, we utilized the Zing Laser Cutter, a very robust and reliable laser cutter. As it was precise and fine-tuned, we had to make sure that the settings were correct to negate any possible errors. This was achieved using Adobe Illustrator and a Mac computer to input the files directly into the laser cutter. For assembly, I used masking tape to ho...

Week 12: This week, we continued to work on our final project, a collaborative project with the other groups in our class to create an art gallery for ourselves. This week we are simply drafting out the layouts of our mini galleries before we go and cut them out in laser cut wood. This is the results. Craft: For the craft, I used the following tools: pencil and graph paper, rulers/straightedges, yardsticks, Adobe Illustrator, a computer, and flash drive. As this was an application of concept into a physical composition, we had to be meticulous and precise in what exactly it was that we were envisioning. As we will be using a limited resource pool of wood for our projects, making sure that all things were accounted for and materials were used responsibly was a major consideration.  As this was in proportion, understanding the reality of what we were making and how scale would play into its final construction was important for our consideratio...

Week 11: This week, we began to work on our final project, a collaborative project with the other groups in our class to create a virtual gallery with rooms for each of us in preparation for next week when we will be working on mini galleries created in laser cut wood. For this week, we were tasked with sketching out a virtual reality version of the woodcut gallery we would make at a later date. This is the results. Craft: For the craft, I used the following tools: VIVE Virtual Reality Headset, Tilt Brush 3D VR Painting App, a computer, and flash drive. It was a return to the tools I had used in the first few weeks of the course in which I was part of the VR group in the first round of class. And now we come full circle. The important thing when using this program was in which way was I going to preserve the essence and feel of the composition. I stuck to screenshots of different angels and video making so that I was able to see all angles of the space...

Week 10: This week, we switched from the 3D program of TinkerCad to the 3D modeling program of Sculptris. We were instructed with creating a creature that represents us in a way. After some trial and error, this was the result. Craft: For the craft,  I used a computer, Sculptris modeling program, the 3D modeling and animation program Blender, the MakerBot 3D Printer, a camera, and a recording software called OBS Studio. Through the use of these programs, I was able to create a 3D model that would later be printed out. The important thing when using these programs was in which way was I going to preserve the evidence of my process. I stuck to video making so that I was able to see all angles of the 3D model. Keeping in mind the concepts of space and self, I created a creature using these materials that would take up an adequate amount of space and would feel like an actual creature in scale. Composition: For the composition of this assignment, I wen...

Week 9: This week, we continued our process that we started last week on creating a cityscape for 3D Printing. Last week we were to collect images to use as references and guides to get us thinking of the kinds of cityscapes that we would be creating later on. This week, we focused entirely on creating it in a online program and printing it out in a 3D printer. This is the result. Craft: For the craft,  I used a computer, the Autodesk TinkerCad modeling program, the MakerBot 3D Printer, a camera, and a screen capture program called LiteCam. The important part of archiving was making sure that the screenshots were not only high quality, but also clearly showed enough of the assignment from different angles. Using TinkerCad, a free 3D sculpture/architecture program by Autodesk, I created the city block that would be my section of the greater class project of a fully realized city. I kept in mind the final product and how the size of the...

Week 8: This week, we once again switched into our next unit. For my group, we finished our trophies and wood sculptures and turned to our next tool, our 3D printer. As this is the first time our department has had one, we have much to learn but I am confident in our ability to succeed. For this week, we were to collect ten interesting google map screenshots of various sites from rural, city, residential, and industrial. These would be the prelude to our first assignment, creating an architectural sculpture. Craft: This assignment we were limited in what we would use practically. As this is not a product-based assignment, the materials were selected specifically for research and 'sketching'. For the craft, I used a computer and google maps as my tools and resources for this assignment. The important part was making sure that the screenshots were not only high quality, but also clearly showed a composition that suited the future assignment. Thi...

Week 7: This week, we finished off our trophies and began working on a sculpture using a type of woodcut that allows for flexibility and shaping into different and seemingly impossible shapes when using simple wood boards. Craft: For the craft, I used the following equipment: Adobe Illustrator, a Mac computer, flash drive, a laser cutter, Baltic plywood, tape, a straight edge, wood glue, a paintbrush, acrylic paint, and lacquer. Most of these are the same materials that I have used last week. The materials that were not were the brush, paint, and lacquer. Adobe Illustrator was used to create the file of the new sculpture in which the laser cutter would use as a guide to cut out the shapes of the design that I had created. The laser would cut out the shapes, and the wood glue would blind the shapes together forming a single shape. Paint was used to seal the wood and the lacquer to give it a nice finish. As I had stayed away from tabs this time for my sculpture, it was...