Cardboard Crab = Final Report

The main thing that everyone didn't like was the "base" that the crab was standing on. At first I was looking at it more as the mouth of the crab because it is a strange square shape but when people viewed it they were not able to see this. So as the professor suggested I removed the entire base but then It was too flat on the ground and ended up harming the way the legs looked. When it was propped up from the ground it gave the lags a since of movement. So i'm going to try to make some different type of base the props it up just enough without harming the over all look.



My favorite part of the crab is the top that I etched into. I helped top piece from looking too flat.




Over all I liked my project even though I imagined something different looking in the beginning. As this was my first time working with cardboard I met with some difficulty in knowing what I could and couldn't do with it. Although I think I will need a long brake from working with cardboard again I learned a lot about it and enjoyed the overall outcome.

Cardboard Crab = Progress Report

This is the Crab that I am suppose to recreate using cardboard.






The first thing I did was make these sketches to get a feel for the crab.





I started out first cutting out the main body shape multiple times and gluing them together to make it thicker.
Then I tried making a platform that would make my project become something more than just flat.
After that I decided to try and s
tart working on the legs of the crab. I sketched them onto cardboard and cut them out. Then I proceeded to carve the different joints on them.
It seemed to be going good until I realized I had glued the main body upside down on the platform and then as I was moving my project to my car I ended up breaking some of the legs because I had carved to deep into the cardboard and they became to thin.

So I am going to have to reorganize and continue working on my crab this weekend to finish.

Human Dot Photos pt 1

This is my first attempt at my project to take Dot photos and turn them into Human Dot pictures.


I failed with these pictures so I will eventually be redoing them.

Everyday Safari

8 Photo Safari Pictures



Texture, Informal
Weeds in backyard, 7:30pm Thursday



Smooth texture, Informal
Kitchen Granite, 9pm Thursday



Translation, and Reflection, Formal, non progressive, pattern
Zipper on my purse, 10am Wednesday



Large scale pattern, Translation and Reflection, Texture, Formal
Tree in backyard, 7pm Thursday



Translation and Reflection, Very Formal, Texture/Pattern
Wool hat, 9pm Wednesday



Translation, Semi-informal pattern
leather couch, 8pm Thursday




Texture, Informal Pattern
Bread, 7am Thursday



Small scale pattern, Translation and Reflection, Informal texture
Cat (Marius), 7pm Thursday

Newspaper Tower for a cinder block?

~Jan. 20, 2011~
On the first day of class we were told to bring newspaper and wood glue.

~Instructions:
Create a structure of your choosing that would hold a cinder block as high off the ground as we could make it only with the stack of newspapers and wood glue provided.
Process:
Probable for about the first 5min or so I was stumped trying to think about how the newspapers would even be strong enough to hold up the block.
I finally just decided to focus on the structure while making the tower.
I started first with rolling up each individual newspaper with glue into one long piece.
Then I bent both of the edges to make it into a circle and glued them together. I filled the hole with scrunched up newspaper to help support it and glued it to a square base I made.
My original construction was quite a bit smaller and more detailed but when I tried the cinder block on it became unstable so I ended up re-enforcing it around the edges with a stack of layered glued newspapers.

Conclusion:
In the end it did end up being able to stand I think somewhere around maybe 15-17" or so. I guess it was a success but I wish I hadn't hesitated my idea at the end to create an identical structure to place it on top to double the height. So I think that I will try harder next time to be more ambitious without worrying so much about failure.
I ended up with a good experience though and got to work with wood glue which was a new material for me.