11-4 Lesson plan based on one of the 4 digital materials

Lesson Plan: 3D printing

Target Audience: High School students

Tinkercad/ 3D Makerbot

This activity is to teach students about different shapes to make in Adobe Illustrator, and how to implement each shape into Tinkercad, unless classmates just want to go straight to Tinkercad. Even if classmates want to start with Tinkercad rather than Adobe Illustrator, they will still be introduced to all the tools that Illustrator has to offer. Students will start the 3D printing process once they finish designing their shapes on Tinkercad and Illustrator. Students are to create a complex shaped design that represents their soul, that will then be reproduced as a necklace chain.

Materials:

Makerbot

Adobe Illustrator

Sketch pad & pencil

Tinkercad

Overview: 
Students will describe what represent a complex abstract shape of their lives/soul

Example: I chose the Arab shapes for my necklace because I had a great time in Dubai. 

Using their sketch design of their shape, then reproducing it on Illustrator and Tinkercad, then they will make their 3D prints.

This will take around 6 class sessions to do this.

1 class for their pitch and sketch

2 classes for their Adobe Illustrator explorations

2 classes to finalize in Tinkercad

1 class to 3D print.

11-3 Finish your Empty Assignment

For my Empty assignment, I explained that I wanted to use Arab Designs in my work in one form or another. I also said that I wanted to explore it with the laser cutter in the Maker space, but instead, since I was so passionate about 3D printing and exploring it, I decided to use my 3D print also for my  "Empty assignment". I am very proficient in Illustrator and it took me hours to complete shape by shape my model on Tinkercad of what my print would later look like.


So above, as you can see from my blog post # 10-4, I said that I wanted to explore with these complicated designs and I did exactly just that when I used the design on the left as a reference for modeling on Tinkercad. This is what came from my model:

And this is what came from the print :)

I just felt that I was more passionate about the process od 3D printing rather than the laser cutter. The laser cutter uses the same technique where I have use Illustrator, but I have fun looking at a 3D model online for once on Tinkercad, I see that I enjoy with working with 3D more rather than with a 2 D image. 

11-2 3D printing artist that uses 3D creatively- Joshua Harker

Joshua Harker is an American artist who is known for being a pioneer and visionary in 3D printed art and sculptures born in 1970. His series called "Tangle" set an organic and composition complexity with traditional mediums. The pieces break the design and manufacture the threshold with their technical models of twists and turns. He got inspired by his 2D linear automatism explorations pioneered by some famous artists Joan Miro and Salvador Dali. He wanted "to give form to architecture of the imagination. By disengaging the conscious mind I am able to examine esoteric visions before they submit to a recognizable metaphor." His 3D printed series "Tangled" has been considered a landmark even in history of sculpture and the 3D printed medium made him the most recognized artist in the field. Here you will find some of his work from the "Tangle" series shown below:
They are currently realized in cast bronze &3D printed polyamide

Information and Images retrieved from http://www.joshharker.com/?page_id=76

11-1 Tinkercad & Makerbot

This is a 3D model of my necklace that I designed through Tinkercad:

It is a pendant for a necklace chain inspired by Arab designs. 

This is my 3D outcome of the actual print, it came out amazing!:

It came out to be three inches both sides length and width, printed in regular purple filament.

10-4 An assignment that I would like to approach deeply moving forward

An assignment that I really loved is the laser cutter class project that we did. I just love the idea of a computer etching any material for you. I have taken an interest of what idea that I am going to do, I want to take images of Arab writings, because I find it so intriguing as well as design of Arab mosques and I want to take those as inspiration for my next laser cutter design. put it on a painting of some sort, maybe a watercolor painting.

So the image you see above is an idea that I have to possibly cut out all the line work and designs to make a design on top of either a watercolor painting or possibly for a printmaking technique. 

10-3 Comments on my classmate's Vinyl and laser cutter design

For comments on my classmate's laser and vinyl cutter, I chose Carreanna Arrenando's blog post as my choice. And below, you will see what I had to say:

"I definitely agree, I feel to put the numbers of size of burning in the printer properties on the computer prior to laser cutting should be up to the teacher. I was even nervous to think what would be the next thing i would type on the computer before I print next time I do it myself, because Andrew and Soohee made it seem like the building might be set on fire if i put a wrong number along with my material that I chose to laser cut. I love your etching. I love how you dress and how associate the Navajo or Native American design as an inspiration for your every day life or artwork. I think your design could be a great inspiration for a lesson for high schoolers to make their own textile design that represents their heritage. They could interpret heritage however they choose or feel. This is just like season 9 of Project Runway when they had this same idea for a challenge, and the designers took it well into their fashion designs. I love it! Great work! I cannot wait to see what you produce in the future. "

HW 10-1 Vinyl & Laser Cutter Image

My experience with the Laser and Vinyl cutter project was so fun! I have experience using Illustrator and i personally love the software. I had fun looking up a photo to choose to laser cut later. I wanted to do something a little more detailed, but given the time restraint, I went with a flower image. I cannot wait to use the laser cutter again. I have some ideas to use some Arab designs or writings to use on canvas fabric, or maybe even african textiles, to do something contextual. I loved seeing what the machine could do with various materials including how it burned through my 8.5 x 11 inch letter paper.