This week was very exciting for me. This week we worked on wood cuttings and new tool at the University, a laser cutter. Since it was the first time most of us have been in a wood shop, the professor had us work there to get us acquainted with tools of the 3D trade, chop saw, bandsaw and drills. I was nervous at first but once we got familiar with the tools, we were able to construct a basic frame. Once the frame was made, we worked in illustrator to create basic shapes to cut out with the laser cutter. These are our results.
Craft: For this assignment, we used a mixture of both digital and traditional medium. For the first half in which we made the wood frame, we used drills and nails, a chop saw (stationary circular blade), Bandsaw and rulers. The second half was for the cardboard section. We used Adobe Illustrator to draft our designs. I happened to use a series of different shaped squares, a laser cutter and a computer.
Composition: The process for this piece took several days of work. We first learned how to use the aforementioned tools in the wood shop area. Once then, we used rulers to measure our squares. Mine were 7x7. Once then, we cut them using the chop saw and and bandsaw before we used clamps to hold the sides together as we drilled and nailed the pieces together. With our frames done, we then went to work on our cardboard designs. First, we created an illustrator file the same size as the frame's outer edge and cut cardboard to that size as well. Once we did that, we created our designs and transferred them over to the PC that was connected with the laser cutter. We then followed the detailed instructions to cut with the laser cutter and there we go.
Concept: The concept of this project was to understand and familiarize ourselves with the tools of the wood shop and with the laser cutter, tools that we'd use for our final project. The design of the cardboard was that of a pixelation effect.
Craft: For this assignment, we used a mixture of both digital and traditional medium. For the first half in which we made the wood frame, we used drills and nails, a chop saw (stationary circular blade), Bandsaw and rulers. The second half was for the cardboard section. We used Adobe Illustrator to draft our designs. I happened to use a series of different shaped squares, a laser cutter and a computer.
Composition: The process for this piece took several days of work. We first learned how to use the aforementioned tools in the wood shop area. Once then, we used rulers to measure our squares. Mine were 7x7. Once then, we cut them using the chop saw and and bandsaw before we used clamps to hold the sides together as we drilled and nailed the pieces together. With our frames done, we then went to work on our cardboard designs. First, we created an illustrator file the same size as the frame's outer edge and cut cardboard to that size as well. Once we did that, we created our designs and transferred them over to the PC that was connected with the laser cutter. We then followed the detailed instructions to cut with the laser cutter and there we go.
Concept: The concept of this project was to understand and familiarize ourselves with the tools of the wood shop and with the laser cutter, tools that we'd use for our final project. The design of the cardboard was that of a pixelation effect.
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