Notes from the finishing activity:
- Laminating
- Misalignment
- Wrong Tool - can lead to more work
- Test Piece - try it out!
- Visual contraint
- Spay paint doesn't alway help
- Wood- go with the grain and the cells. Make the thinest spot along the grain.





With your objects and what you make:

• Think about what is intentional versus unintentional
• Think of your rough work versus finish work
• In the future, think about why you are making it finished versus rough

Thursday - Be ready to weld! (and more!)

Tuesday 2/25 Field Trip to the Children's Museum

Ramya Mallya: Assignment 5

I started out by reflecting on the ways in which people fiddle and play with different objects. I started by observing my own behavior. I then sketched out several ideas of different designs. 

With the piece of plastic, I decided to create a diamond shaped object that I could hold between my middle finger and thumb and spin around (Something I do often with my phone). I built a prototype with foam to check for the right size and shape. 

I then used a dremel to cut the plastic and sanded the corners by hand till I had a smooth finish.

For the piece of wood, I toyed around with various ideas, deciding finally to make something that I could put my finger through and spin around. I experimented with various shapes, sizes and placement options for the hole. I built 3 prototypes to test my concept, and chose the design which best afforded for the interaction that I was aiming for. 

I used the band saw to cut out the edges, and then drilled the hole into the piece of wood, before sanding it by hand. 

I'm glad to say that everyone that I showed the piece to played with it in the exact way that I had intended without me prompting them in any way. 

A4 - Make it Nice - Austin McCasland

There they are in all their glory

Gashes on the surface made it difficult to get too reflective.

Dat Spraypaint.

Wanted to create a handle, but a phone came out.  

Just Kidding, it is a handlebar.

Aderinsola Akintilo: A5

Human Factor Objects

I started out with a geurilla competitive analysis: i just looked up some handles and grips to get a better understanding of what is comfortable for someone to hold. Then i began sketching, and divided up my sketches by material: wood, metal, and plastic. However, after i began form-finding, i think that i limited myself by separating the sketches. Next time i will just sketch and ideate freely.

 

Metal

Wood

I tried to make a "wooden" pebble. I was able to get the wood extremely smooth, (as smooth as a pebble) but I think finishing it with the beetle spray might've decreased it's smoothness.

 

  

 

 

Plastic

The plastic piece was by far the easiest to shape. I used the band sander for a little but that too off a lot more than i wanted. Afterwards I hand sanded it until i thought it was sufficiently smooth.