The Final Result (at least for now) Last week, I debuted the piece during the art and design school equivalent of a final exam, called a critique, or a “crit.” The piece is interactive, so it’s difficult to digitally share the experience. The recordings that my friends and healers graciously shared with me are embedded … Continue reading the crit
Week of Crit: December 17-20 Building the Final Elements The mobile frame I laser cut from Masonite broke while in transit. I hadn’t realized how fragile Masonite becomes when it’s cut into a thin strip. So, I had to recut it. Thankfully, I was able to snag a bit of wood from the scrap pile … Continue reading final details
Week of December 3-7 Mobile support structure Thanks to a lot of precise measurements and calculations, my support structure for the base of the mobile worked great on the first try! This basically never happens. Actually, I think one of the things that I’m most grateful for learning during my grad program so far is … Continue reading getting closer
A day when I get to use the laser cutter is always a good day! Today I did test cuts of the TweenCurves and the component that will form the circular base for the mobile. I was surprised that the scale of my test cut seemed to check out. I thought the base might be … Continue reading prototyping
Thanks to a very helpful email from the Fabrication Lab manager, I now know how to create the in between lines on the THERE IS NO BEFORE AND AFTER mobile! The command is call TweenCurves and can be done in Rhino and in Grasshopper. I tried it out in both. At first, I ran into … Continue reading TweenCurves!
Gathering Recordings So far four lovely people have shared their “healing is” recording with me! I am so honored to receive them. Each one has felt like a necessary reminder to myself, and it meant even more knowing it came from a friend. With my own recording, that brings me up to 5 now. I’ve … Continue reading initial progress
Here are some of my ideas for how I will expand my first project into my final project. Arduino In the next iteration of this project, I want to incorporate sensors so that whenever someone picks up a rock, a recording is triggered to play. For the recordings, I will invite the people to whom … Continue reading ideas for phase 2
Before I jump into sharing my ideas and process for my final project in my Expanded Design course, I want to get y’all caught up on the work I’ve done so far. For my final project, I am planning to build off of my first project in the course. I wish I had a better … Continue reading progress so far (phase 1)
This is my very first creative process blog! I am keeping this blog as a required part of a class I am taking as an elective during my MA in Social Design graduate program at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). The course is called Expanded Design and explores use of fabrication tools such … Continue reading first
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