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http://fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/3d-printed-tapestry-glasses

Eye glasses have been around for thousands of years, if you wish, they could be staples for yourself, allowing you to express the kind of person you are.

My wonderful friend, Bethany.

The idea of 3D printing glasses, to me, is infinite. The possibilities for me are now endless, virtually. Whenever I want a new pair, all I have to do is design them.

We have come a long ways in the designing of glasses frames. I am excited to be able to keep diving in to the world of 3D printing and seeing what else I can come up with. The possibilities are wide and I am looking forward to trying new things, like in the first picture, weaving thread through to make your glasses any color you like.

3D designed glasses frames on Tinkercad.com

“what is the potential of 3D printing in the healthcare industry, and how will it revolutionize the medical field?”

This question has motivated and inspired my focus of study during the past seven weeks as I learn about mechanical computer science aspects of photography, imaging, 3D modeling, and most excitingly, 3D scanning and printing. Below are some pictures I took with a DSLR Cannon Rebel digital camera of a 3D printed model bone that I designed in class in the Tinkercad software. Foss is the name of my classmate Em’s emotional support dog who comes to class with her.

And one with my 3D printed coin, as well as some US currency coins for scale.

These next images are screenshots in Tinkercad, blender, and Makerware software of a 3D model of my own hand that I scanned and am in the process of 3D printing. I scanned my hand with the help of my classmate John using an X-box Kinect connected to a labtpop running the free version of the prosumer software Skanect. The 3D model of my hand has been sent as an STL file through Makerware to the 3D Makerbot printer, and I hope to have a physical copy of my hand, in my hand by tomorrow.

All the faces of my hand in blender

Two models of my hand in Tinkercad

My hand in Makerware before it is sent to the 3D printer.

The next set of images are pictures I found online of 3D bone-like material that were printed for the purpose of enhancing the medical industry, in these cases throughtransplantation or surgery assistance.

Transplant jaw made by 3D printer. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2014, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16907104

On 3D Printing. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2014, from http://on3dprinting.com/2013/10/21/belgium-doctors-use-3d-printing-save-precious-time-surgery/

How might we preserve the human body in the future?

‘Hopeful Future’ for my best friend. Backround picture taken from (.) Picture of the spine taken from (Lee, Jason. “3D-printed Vertebra Used in Spine Surgery.” CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 22 Aug. 2014. Web. 18 Nov. 2014.)

I think that one option is to explore the ways that 3d printing can aid in reliving the effects of disease and disorder on the human skeletal structure. I want to create a 3D printed section of spine suffering from the affects of Cerebral Palsy.

X-ray picture of a spine from a patient with severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. (http://www.jaaos.org/cgi/content-nw/full/14/6/367/JA0009604FIG1)

Interestingly, as I worked on this assignment I found that the actual process of taking pictures and choosing and manipulating images affected my project more then the actual images did themselves. The first pictures I took were of my friend Josh. Going over to his house and talking with him about my project and taking pictures was a real reminder of the reason I chose this topic to begin with. Discussing his Cerebral Palsy with him really brought the whole thing into a very personal light and reminded me that its about people as well as printing. Working with the images also helped me consider the visual aspect of the work that I am doing. Seeing actual spines, and comparing them with my own prototypes highlighted the similarities and the differences between them. While I realize that the vertebra I have printed are artistic representations they are nonetheless recognizable. I feel that this small detail is what really matters. Because even if they aren’t perfect, if people know what they are, my idea still gets out there.

3d printed Vertebra Implant. (Lee, Jason. “3D-printed Vertebra Used in Spine Surgery.” CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 22 Aug. 2014. Web. 18 Nov. 2014.)

Image of a real lumbar vertebra. (“Lumbar Vertebrae.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Nov. 2014. Web. 18 Nov. 2014. .)

Screenshot of my project in progress. This shot shows how i had slice the vertebra in half in order, for it to be able to print. The shot also shows the dimensions of one of the halves.

I took this picture showing the 3d printer in the printing process, printing the vertebra i designed.

This is an image I took of one of the 3d printed vertebra that i designed.

This  Work Cited is still in progress. Thank you for your patience.

Work Cited

Military Wallpapers – Desktop Wallpapers. Web. 14 Nov. 2014. <http://wallpaperswa.com/Aircraft/Military/watersofeuropa_1680x1050_wallpapers_with_futuristic_environments_military_stuff_and_such8230_1_78805>.

Lee, Jason. “3D-printed Vertebra Used in Spine Surgery.” CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 22 Aug. 2014. Web. 18 Nov. 2014. <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/3d-printed-vertebra-used-in-spine-surgery/>.

2014. Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing. By Jason Lee.

http://www.jaaos.org/cgi/content-nw/full/14/6/367/JA0009604FIG1

“Lumbar Vertebrae.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Nov. 2014. Web. 18 Nov. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbar_vertebrae>.

What does poetry do? How do you “do things with words?” Does poetry truly “make nothing happen?” How does the answer of the last question change when you make poetry into matter? Is making poetry into matter making “meaning” matter?

Any piece of writing bears scars from the many erased words that did not make it. The many words that didn’t even get put onto paper, but were a flash in the writer’s mind for a split second, before the author decides to infringe upon their own freedom. By bringing those words not only into a print, but into existence as an object, an intriguing line of inquiry is produced. These words I have chosen celebrate option over allegiance to dominant discourse, and blur the line between signified and signified, creating a contested ground in the space occupied by the word itself.

Simple iteration of one aspect of the poem. I’ll give a transcription of the text, but it’s important to note that this transcription does not equal the poem itself.

“Sour grapefruits of my L(eftover fuse mounting bracket capacitor bank input filters)abor extruded through a sieve from furnaces clumsily carving”

Hypnogonic hallucination is a common disorder that occurs while the subject is falling asleep. They might hear, see, or feel hallucinations while transitioning into a sleep state. To me, these hypnogonic hallucinations represent a side of language that is outside any pragmatic function. It does not seek to gain or lose anything from its existence, and is not predicated on agreeing to a certain code. Hypnogonic hallucinations can occur without being concerned with being received by the adressee, and in that way, represent what I am trying to do here with this inquiry. How are these rhythmic utterances which are involuntarily and seemingly randomly chosen from our lexicons poetry? How can they in fact be doing something with words while “accomplishing” nothing?”

A second part that will be attached to the first. I would rather not share this one yet.

Another aspect of hypnogonic hallucinations that intrigues me is the fact that if I model my mode of communication after hynogonic hallucinations, which to me, are neither word nor sound, I get complete freedom and freedom from anxiety about how my poem will be received. The text has been created such that the reader will hopefully find something, but not be in hot pursuit of a meaning, per se.

One of the inspirations for this shape. This is an H comprised of many brands which use helvetica for their proprietary font.

Some of the erased words that went into the margins of mine. Think-marginalia…marginalized..borders…in-between-ness…merge…

Another example of 3d poetry…the page is 3d, but the words are 2d…how does this change its dynamic?

This is the Dunlop .60mm Nylon pick, my standard pick.

The preparing of my pick print.

The printing…

cont..

The printed design.

What do plectrums and mushrooms have in common?  They both connect alien bodies with each other.

(The majority of the textual content is in the video)

1. Polynesian and European strategies

One of the greatest challenges ever faced by mankind was the exploration of the Pacific Ocean. The fact that nearly all of its major features were known before even rudimentary

2. 16th century astrolabe

(by modern standards) navigation tools were developed, is a testament to the audacity of the early explorers.

Two separate strategies evolved for position finding in the great expanse of the ocean basin. The Polynesians used an oral tradition to communicate their knowledge of navigation; a tradition that relied heavily on memorization. The Europeans on the other hand, relied on tools, procedures, and algorithms to accomplish the same goals. It is the navigation tools developed in the western

3. Measuring an angle

world that I am most fascinated with. These tools are the immediate precursors to the navigation tools that I have used.

Developed in the middle ages, the astrolabe is used to measure angles. Because it was used before the advent of chronometers, it could only determine latitude. To do so required a sight to be taken of either Polaris or the Sun, each of which has a known latitude. With only a little arithmetic, the observers latitude can be

4. Print in progress

determined. My Blue Rabbit project is to use a 3D printer to  create an astrolabe. In effect, I will use a very modern technology to create a tool from the middle ages that can solve problems in today’s world. As a test of my craftsmanship and understanding, I will use the astrolabe to determine the height of the clock tower on campus.

5. Design software

6. Early failures

1. http://www.gizmag.com/freshwater-reserves-under-sea/30072/,   http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2011/11  /captain_james_cooks_circumnavigatio.html, http://sixboats.co.nz/wakas-part-3/

2. http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-150173/A-Portuguese-bronze-astrolabe-dates-to-1555

3. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astrolabe_(PSF).png

Sarah Redden

Blue Rabbit Iteration III

11.18.2014

I am working with mis-printed objects and pieces, made by the hand of a 3D print head.

I have asked, if in a time where we are increasingly gaining the ability for anyone to make anything, is it important to question our ability to make no-thing?

“A nightly print gone wrong” by Ed

Image by: Creative Tools/Flickr (Motherboard)

The two images above yield from a search of the World Wide Web.

The image directly above is the only image that appears more than once in the search results.

Most of the images I have seen of mis-printed objects are captured while the piece is still on the printer, hot off the press, hot off the mess.

It is curious to think of what they might have looked like in the soft virtuality of the software they were conceived in.

The following image is my concept in virtuality.

“screen shot”

I have learned, as I’m sure many of you have too, that there are types of objects that just cannot be printed on the 3D printers in the CAL.

Certain things cannot be printed either because of design dynamics and dimension, or because the CAL lab aids are not keen on severely disrupting the mechanisms of the printers

while many other people also intend to print,

because printing takes time, and is therefore, a part of the priority of this creation process.

Lately I have been thinking about the glitch pieces  I’ve been gathering as sort of embodiments of wasted of time, manifestations of error being let be too long.

In the next six photographs I have attempted to illuminate these objects as anything but wasted time.

“5″

“half”

The filament lines shown in the images above remind me of the traced scan-line, the shadow of the dance that occurs when a person is 3D scanned.

Although the lines are different for these objects,

as the (re)productive motion and exchange between things is conveyed in a sort of plastic electrocardiogram showing the death of intention.

 These glitch pieces posses shadow like qualities in more ways that one, in that the objects re-present more than just what appears physically.

“2″

“matching”

“opening”

In the shadows of these objects it becomes clear not only how they look, but how they can be seen.

 I have come to know these glitch objects as anything other than filled with lost potentiality.

I have been exploring them for weeks, feeling out how they break, how they bend, how they carry the weight of themselves and how they do not.

Through this process I have learned that there is much to be seen in what did, but more importantly, what did not occur on the print bed.

The glitch objects shown above are filled with space where there was once intentionality.

These unintentional objects convey what the printers create when confronted with the unknown, what the machine does when it does not know what to do.

“an ‘analogue’ composite piece”

In the image above is of a few mis-print objects placed on a physical print of a digital computer software glitch.

The piece is a screen shot taken in 2003, called Electronic Card (detail), by Curt Cloninger (Morandi et al. 104).

As I am working with physical glitches, it seemed fitting to use a physical print of a computer glitch to create a composite image,

bringing two types of glitch together in the physical world.

Iman Moradi has defined glitch as

” an artifact resulting from an error.

It is neither the cause, nor the error itself, it is simply

the product of an error and more specifically

its visual manifestation.

It is a significant slip that marks departure from our expected results”

(Moradi 8)

The print and the objects have similar characteristics, exist in different dimensions, but were conceived of similar processes.

  Portraying the  3D printed glitch objects within printed representation of digital glitch artwork  feels akin to viewing them in their natural environment.

This is another presentation of a way in which I feel these unfamiliar objects of uselessness can be seen as appearing very natural.

The image below is an exploration of the same ecology, yet it has been edited in Photoshop on the computer, the “natural habitat” of the piece rather than that of the object.

3D printed glitch objects have been introduced into the white space of a video still called January 11th Saturday, by Cory Arcangel (Morandi et al. 41).

“a digital composite piece”

Bibliography

Ed. “A Nightly Print Gone Wrong.” blog. 3D printing. N.p., 24 Dec. 2011. Web.

Moradi, Iman et al. Glitch: Designing Imperfection. First. New York, NY: Mark Batty Publisher, 2009. Print.

Turk, Victoria. “Motherboard.” 3D-Printed Mistakes Are Inspiring a New Kind of Glitch Art. N.p., 23 Oct. 2014. Web.

What is the future of music?

How do we get there?

Blast Block

Caxixi percussion ring

 Now I’m working on creating a 3d printed replacement leg for my floor tom.

The future of music is increased accessibility, custom timbres and instruments.  I began with this thought in mind and ran with it.  What can I create that I would not be able to afford?  What are the musical frontiers of this technology?  How can I use this technology to positively impact my music creation?  This is just the beginning.

(Emma) Image history of bifocals

(Emma) TinkerCAD screenshot of 2nd iteration

(Protos) Advertisement for 3D printed frames

(Rao) If a simple scan of your face can be taken, then ideally you could customize your frames online alongside your face

(Emma) 123D catch glasses frame scan screenshot

(Emma) 1st iteration of glasses frames next to similar bought frames

(Emma) All iterations of frames that I’ve printed

When exploring my topic in photos I started out with the history of bifocals through visual images. I thought that It would be important to understand all of the different styles and shapes that glasses frames have taken on throughout history if I am to ‘reinvent’ the way frames are made in the future. After this I attempted to create some three-D printed frames without any help from already made frames ( I was basically trying my first printed iteration blind). The outcome was a set of frames that were blocky and unflattering, strikingly geometric next to some bought frames. My next step was to take multiple images of a pair of bought glasses frames and use the scan as a building block to help keep the printed glasses sleek but also alter them to the shape of your face. The three-D images didn’t successfully scan so my next step is to scan the frames with the Kinect and to work on making some frames customized to my face. This iteration helped me look at the history of glasses as well as look critically at what I have produced already in order to move froward and produce something better.

Throughout my previous iterations, I have been researching the history and methods of 3-D scanning various large and small scale objects and landscapes. With the focus of this iteration being images, I decided to start my own attempts at scanning in order to improve my technique and experiment with the mechanics of 3D photogrammetry. After I fully understand this, I will begin the assembly of my scanning platform that loosely resembles a couple existing models and is tuned to operate properly based on my own experiments with different backdrops.

A compact laser-based scanner platform

3D Assembly of my shoe, with issues

For my first attempt at capturing a 3D object, I tried to map my shoe on a glossy, wood surface. I took about 15 total images from various heights and plugged them into the 1 2 3D Catch program.

To my dismay, the program was confused with the assembly of the images for a number of reasons. Lighting was a big issue with the light reflection changing off my shoe with every different image. Another issue I ran into was the reflectivity and pattern of the platform. This realization through research and experiments will change my platforms design in that I originally planned to use a plain white backdrop.

Advice given to tune up my photoshoot

My second capture went much smoother, after watching a tutorial about how to set up a proper photoshoot.

One of the photos I took of the box.

I placed my box in the line of fire and snapped away the recommended 50 photos. The background I chose proved to be very sufficient for the software to stitch together its 3D model.

3D assembly of images taken of the box

The difference in output quality made it clear to me that the design of my platform must include a properly covered surface and proper lighting, which were both not considered at the time of my first iteration. With this knowledge I will be one step closer to building a user-friendly scan platform.

How to Shoot Your Photographs. Digital image. I.materialise. I.materialise, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014. <http://i.materialise.com/blog/entry/how-to-make-a-3d-printed-object-from-a-photo-in-5-easy-steps>

Photon 3-D Scanner. Digital image. Ars Technica. Ars Technica, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.

Here’s a collection of found images and one of my own in a Photoshop collage. The flute at the center is an image of my prototype that I printed in week seven.

How can you use a computer to print an instrument that can create something artistic, healing, beautiful, audible?

The Flautist

Mike Rafferty, a traditional Irish flute player (1926-1011)

The Muse

The Irish flute, as we know it, was really a product of the latter half of the 19th century.

The Model

My first test print was not designed by myself, but by user PFH through Thingiverse. His model is roughly 12″ tall and pitched in the key of D.

The Build

My full sized flute as of week seven (orange). The final step will be placing the holes at appropriate intervals. This will allow the sound of the flute to be pitch accurate and playable.  A current problem I’m working out is hole size and angle.  If you look closely at the grey model, you’ll see that each hole is a specific shape, size and angle that contribute to the resonance of the instrument.

The First Print

This is a photo of my test flute successful being printed on a Makerbot Replicator 2.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Otis Week 8   What are the repercussions of society’s quest for the elimination of entropy? How do they extend to 3D printing? The first image here is a picture of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building. Designed by Marcel Breuer, the brutalist aesthetic fits the description of an orderly entity with no room for entropy … Continue reading »

Washington State Capitol, viewed from a dock (Hannah Forbes)

Downtown Olympia screenshot from Google Earth

City block by the park (Hannah Forbes)

Street corner viewed from across an intersection (Susan Perish)

A sidewalk lined with restaurants, hanging jellyfish lights (Hannah Forbes)

City street after midnight (Hannah Forbes)

So many boats. So important to Olympia (Jim Nieland)

Screenshot of building development in tinkercad

How can someone experience Olympia even without being there?

Olympia is a beautiful city.  Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to see that from an aerial view or a map.  To experience the beauty and to feel the vibes of the city it is important to be within it—to be able to view surroundings from many different angles.  Capturing Olympia’s essence in photography is a step in the right direction, but imagine viewing the city by means of a 3D physical model.  It would be like a miniature Olympia that you can hold in your hands or set up on your desk.

Digital representation can be great.  It can document and enhance scenes.  I think a digital version of this 3D rendering of Olympia would maybe be more practical.  It could be used as an app on a cell phone to be pulled up and used anytime.  Especially if the rendering is very realistic and can be moved around in all different angles, it would be just as useful as the physical version, most likely.  But I think that it is worth bringing this idea into physical existence because there’s something about being able to touch and move what you’re looking at.  I believe people would be more interested in viewing the model for a decent amount of time if it was a physically present model.  It wouldn’t necessarily be more useful, and definitely not more practical than the digital version, but I believe it would be more enjoyable and exciting.

Printed Mushroom Biscuit

http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/10/11/edible-growth-puts-fun-3d-printed-fungus-food/

Edible Dino Nuggets.

Parts of extruder.

Printing Food

http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/11/09/11-food-3d-printers/

An idea for an edible object.

Plastic Food, Gears, Lion

http://benandkiesha.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/3d-lion-1920×1200.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Vo1-PIEsL._SL1000_.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YFR6qN450h0/T4MXSS1KEWI/AAAAAAAAB0g/HO8pwOgl4WA/s1600/Plastic+play+food+toy+1.JP

An overall fear has set in as to whether I will be able to actually print food.  The images I took myself are meant to represent the edible objects that are currently on the market.  All I could find were dino-nuggets.  I am still unable to proceed with my project due to the fact that my extruder isn’t ready and I’m struggling to find a working filament. The image exploration has helped me gain an understanding of what other people are printing, which some of the things being done are truly amazing.  Exploring images has increased my desire to make this work, but instead of printing a lot of edible objects I’m now printing one for my Grandfather.

This image is a created based on Donna Haraways Cyborg Manifesto. The connection of animal to human to machine- natural/non-natural, work to create a kind of self portrait, as my project itself is a form of self-portraiture.

As I extend myself into future, upload download manipulate and reproduce, I look to the past. I grew up in Arizona, the desert, on disputed land, on stolen land. A photograph from the Archived west, white men-Troop C, 5th Calvary to be exact, who arrested boomers and squatters prior to opening of Oklahoma, no mention of the role of the black woman- or of course the cyborg and white woman from 2014.

Troop`C,’ 5th Cavalry, which arrested boomers and squatters prior to opening of Oklahoma, ca. 1888. 111-SC-87369.

Cyborg. 2012. http://konspektikaust.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/cyborg.jpg

Personal photograph by author. 2014. By Lauren Steury.

Black and white medium format photography. What is it like to move like a cyborg, to be a cyborg? to be a woman? to move in space and light?

Personal photograph by author. 2014. By Lauren Steury.

A joke, of sorts.

Woman Shots. N.d. Josh’s Awesome 3D Blog of Awesomeness. Web. 18 Nov. 2014

Recreating the 3D woman. Lauren Steury. 2014.

Chrissy
Week 8

This iteration of my project explores how living spaces are captured, literally and metaphorically. I am interested in finding visual interpretations for the way humans occupy and inhabit spaces, other than the spaces themselves. I have drawn upon memories of places I have lived in Olympia for the past two years as a means to express/investigate how these places have shaped who I am. Through a surrealistic lens, these images seek to illustrate dreamscapes. These are the intimate spaces which we call home.

(all images by me unless otherwise noted)

 composite photo sources:  snow / yurt roof

Filip Durjardin

Stephen Nova

“Creating new perceptions normally associated with objects and things that are familiar offers the opportunity of a new set of social relationships connected to time and space, dreams and memory, language and signs… As a result a new level of reality is created that moves away from the simple feeling of fantasy, allowing the viewer to actively participate within the space and discover new meanings in things that are normally familiar to us in our everyday lives” (Nova)

Jeremy Miranda

Jeremy Miranda is a surrealist landscape painter who is”interested in creating complex environments that are a hybridization of both interior and exterior spaces.” He is inspired by “memory, history, domesticity, architecture, landscape and how, when co-mingled, can generate new spacial relationships.”

Max Ernst “Quietude”

“A creature that hides and “withdraws into its shell,” is preparing a “way out.” This is true of the entire scale of metaphors, from the resurrection of a man in his grave, to the sudden outburst of one who has long been silent. If we remain at the heart of the image under consideration, we have the impression that, by staying in the motionlessness of its shell, the creature is preparing temporal explosions, not to say whirlwinds, of being” (Bachelard 111).

“Home/run” composite photo. Source: plant

photo of me outside off-grid cabin in Olympia, WA by Jess Wacker

celestial yurt roof: source

References:

Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Space. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Orion, 1964. Print.

Can a 3D printed object be responsive to its environment and to the dynamic energies of the people and processes that interact with it?”

Chuck Pettis challenged Sarah to have her students discover their project idea in the midst of the Earth Sanctuarys’ Callanish Stone Circle. As I sat there staring at the copper wire tree so beautifully sculpted and placed in the center of the offering circle, I wondered what my project would be. It wasn’t until I left the circle and reflected back on my observations that I decided to print a tree. Inspired by the possibilities of 3D printing by our guide Bryns’ shell bracelet, I wanted to make something that had movement and responded to it’s environment.

As I pondered how to make the 3D printed tree come alive, I began to research magnetic and conductive filaments. That research led me to two distinct places: the discovery of ferrofluid; and the discovery of vector equilibriums and torus shaped energy fields. As my project unfolded before me, I found myself wondering why I was even following this path. I had no prior knowledge of any of the things I was going to incorporate into my project, or even how or whether the final project was going to work.

I’m attempting to make a 3D printed object that will display the, usually invisible, magnetic field inside a snow globe like display. A colleague recently restated my theory somewhat more provocatively: I want to make the invisible, visible.

Ferrofluid is a combination of some type of magnetic nano-particles and a viscous fluid. Alone, it looks like a pool of oil. However, when placed within a magnetic field it will take on the shape of the magnetic field lines. When the ferrofluid is placed in water, it seems to float through the space.

In my research, I discovered others who were interested in creating interactive ferrofluid displays. Both the Fluxx LiquiMetal and Ferrocious sculptures allow the user to manipulate the ferrofluid using a hand held magnet.

See a video of the Fluxx LiquiMetal display in action.

Ferrocious. Russell Garehan. Kickstarter, 2013. Video.

See a video of the Ferrocious display in action.

However, neither of these displays demonstrate what I hope my project will: the usually invisible field lines of a magnetic field.

The 3D printed portion of my project will be the clear sphere within which the magnetic field will navigate and which will hold a combination of water and ferrofluid. Magnets will be placed in both the top and bottom caps of the double sided globe to create the magnetic field.

The theory is that the ferrofluid will float through the water along the field lines of the magnetic field created by the embedded magnets and create a magnetic snow globe much like you see in this mock prototype.

Text is included with the video description

https://vimeo.com/112147255

My question still remains how can I be a figure that helps connect people back with the sea, basic elements, and the unitive light of nature, while spreading the thrill of the art of surf as well as the understanding that it is such an aesthetic/energetic delight at the same time? This shall be achieved by modeling and creating my own 3d printed biodegradable surfboard fins, which will allow me to give back and become deeper further into the global surfing community and lead a life forever connected to the water.

Fins have revolutionized surfing for over  50 years now, and theses images following in my humble opinion are the optimum fin shape and are very close to the perfect fin that I keep seeing in my imagination.  They should give you at least some understanding as to the certain style of fin I’m trying to master.

This set up is a set of whats called thruster fins, they have always been what I preferred and equipped on a fairly small board.

By the way its dolphins who are the real geniuses of waves.

Another gorgeous reactor fin by Kelly Slaters FCS company.

This is my latest prototype, it turned out rather swell but I still have yet to create a design that to me is ideal and that I can trust is brilliant.

A more recent design I’m experimenting with shaped more so like a dolphin fin rather than the classic thruster/reactor style Ive loved since a kid.

This shape is intended for a wide range of conditions from beach breaks to point breaks.

New beginnings…

Works Cited:

Watts, Alan. The Joyous Cosmology; Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness. New York: Pantheon, 1962. N. pag. Print.

Bells, historically, represent a call to action, a necessity for movement
biking on the street, riding horseback through colonial massachusetts
When thinking of a bell and when I was taking my photos I thought of the idea of movement and motion. The bell needs to move in order to make a sound. When the sound is made it causes motion to certain dormant thing. For instance when I was taking photos with my kitten it wouldn’t move unless the bell made a sound. A bell is a tool that activates the biological and innate alertness of the surrounding beings. Since I will be making my bells out of the plastic composite in the 3d printer it will produce a non functional representation of the bell form. When taking my photos they all had to be still without looking blurry . The importance of the sound of the bell and the different tones and pitches it makes is highly important, but when taking photos it had to be the exact opposite to get the picture that I wanted. I loved exploring with the different lighting and the colors surrounding the bells. Along with trying different angles to get the dome shape of the bell and the two parts of it. Without both parts, the bell would not make a sound and it would just be more of a static form. Without humans or nature physically moving the bell a large function of the bell is completely lost.

My Artistic Perception of the Beehive:

During this quarter I have asked myself many things. One of the oddest things I have asked myself is “How can I 3D-Print a beehive in the shape of something that changes the perception of bees altogether when looked at?” I believe, that in order to raise awareness of the major decline in bee populous thorughout the world, it is key that we should first portray or introduce the importance of bees in our everyday lives. In these two images, the top image is a beehive that was naturally constructed, and the bottom image is a beehive that was created for the production and harvest of honeycombs. There is two major differences in these beehives. The bottom one is also made of styrofoam.

Natural Beehives. Digital image. Gophoto.us. Gophoto, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.

Natural Beehives. Digital image. Gophoto.us. Gophoto, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.

Implementation in The Evergreen State College:

On the campus of The Evergreen State College, you will find two beehives that were man-made. I would like to go into further detail on how these beehives are used, but I have no knowledge on how people use them. These beehives are interesting since they wee made mostly out of recycled objects and cardboard.

My Tinkered Creation:

My tinkered creation is still in the process of being tinkered with, and so far I only have a little bit done. This is okay because I will be furthering my design with Adobe Illustrator in the very near future. My design I have ready, which is the beehive in the shape of a fetus which resembles the intricate structure that a beehive is, and also the care that we must provide to nurse them back into healthy population again.

My photo of the forest.

How can I help connect myself and people with the earth and our energetic selves?

In my project I want to explore ways of connecting myself and others with the earth around, while exploring and connecting with our inner nature. I think humanity would benefit from re-connecting with the earth, and I think the first step is to re-connect with ourselves and learn how to explore our own energetic pathways. We are a piece of the earth and one with the earth, so we can understand everything about earth by re-discovering ourselves.  The challenge for me was creating something material and physical, as most energetic practices are non material in essence. As I progressed and peeled away at my ideas, I found that what I am making is a shrine. A shrine creates a space to bring our attention to, and holds the energy of any intention we project. It can be used for any purpose, and my purpose is to create a meditation space where I can practice that is growing some plants that I can tend and nurture, as I nurture my own body and mind.

All over the world people create shrines, and in many places the objects in shrines are the most valued and respected. I want to move the vital objects in shrines away from material, and back to earth. For my shrine, I wanted to create a whole little ecosystem of plants, earth and water to be my points of value, while the case will be material. Here are a few glimpses into shrines from around the world.

Here is a christian shrine taken in Mexico.

Tham Phra Nang, Fertility Cave, Krabi, Thailand

Hindi Sufi Shrine, India

Steve Jobs Tears and tributes around the world as Apples legions of fans mark the death of Steve Jobs

Image I captured in Thailand of the famous White Temple, Thailand

Image I captured in a mini temple in Laos.

After exploring shrines around the world, I decided to explore in the woods and take photos of plants I may want to add to my shrine. These are some photos I took and developed myself.

Pinecone

moss

While frolicking in the woods taking photos, I decided to call my mom and ask her for photo taking advice. She used to work as a professional photographer and film developer. She suggested treating each photo as a gem, and instead of taking photo after photo quickly, take time and care for each photo and kind of pretend to be using film. She explained that when you paint or draw, you start with a blank canvas and create from there. When you take photos, you start with a full canvas, and are creating by extracting. While talking to her I found a spot where it looked like someone had created a little shrine awhile ago, and not to far away from the shrine I found some burned our candles. I decided to re-make this little shrine and take some photos of it.

Here is the shrine how I found it.

Here is the shrine when I added some leaves, pine cones, and my amethyst.

For the shell of my shrine, I will 3d print myself seated in meditation posture, and in the lap of the figure the plants will be growing. Instead of my head, I will place the head of the Buddha, but have his head 2 faced, looking forward and back. Here is the Buddha I extracted from thingiverse, and also the 2 headed Buddha that I will glue together.

3d print of Buddha head

The image focus of the project helped me visualize and make my idea more concrete. It also helped me gain experience in photographing, light room and digitally developing photos. I feel more connected to my project, as we discover and explore different pathways to experiencing our projects.

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Is anything meaningless?  Who decides if an object is meaningless?  Who controls which objects are created?  If an idea is meaningful to only one person, is it worth actualizing?  Is it possible for an object to have meaning to only one person?

No tchotchkes allowed in the CAL

Metal dog thing. Sculpture? Toy? Ornament? Piece of trash that I shouldn’t have bought?

“Photo Essay explaining the strong bonds between me and my plaster assignment” (ladiesintheclub)

You can’t see what’s meaningful to me.

This was a little too functional.

“Meaningless object nº1 that relates to meaningless object nº2″ (Trindade)

“Meaningless object nº2 that relates to meaningless object nº1″ (Trindade)

A golden chicken that one emoji loves but the other one thinks is stupid.

This research really opened my eyes to the connection my idea has with art.  I was aware of how art related before, but now I feel a need to think more about it.

I also think I have moved away from trying to create an object that is absolutely only meaningful to myself.  Through my research I have started to think that it is impossible.  Seeing images labeled “meaningless” made me feel something.  Does that give them meaning?

Sources

ladiesintheclub. “Photo Essay explaining the strong bonds between me and my plaster assignment” Photographs. JUSTINE//REYES.  Web. November 17, 2014

Trindade, André. 14 Sculpture-objects. Digital image. 1.5 – Meaningless Acts for Meaningless Objects. N.p., 2011. Web. 18 Nov. 2014.

GOLD CHICKEN PLAIN. Digital image. – GOODS. Tank., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2014.

 The Pen in Photography

In this picture of the laptop the iPhone and the pen I wanted to explore the practicality of the pen as a common tool. By having the picture taken with all of this relatively new technology I wanted to emphasize the fact that the pen is a tool that will continue to be used even when you can perform the task that the pen can do with other equipment because the pen is more practical and it is far less expensive than the iPhone or the laptop. I personally found that by exploring my idea visually helped to reinforce the understanding that I had that the pen was a very common tool because as I was taking the pictures I always felt like the pen was out of place and that it should be removed from the picture altogether because it wasn’t very special and it seemed very strange for this pen to be the focus of the picture. The process I used to take the picture was that I used the laptop as a background and the iPhone as a means to prop up the pen so that it could be seen and basically spent the rest of the time rearranging the three objects and taking pictures until I was satisfied with what I had. The exploration was not particularly helpful in moving me forward towards the next iteration because I had already mapped out what the measurements for the pen were going to be.

In the next pictures you can see all the components of the finished pen that were 3D printed and also those parts that could not be 3D printed such as the reservoir and the spring.

With the pictures of the factory and the Guatemalan garbage dump I hope to convey what I am trying to fight against by making such a thing as a printable pen open to the public. I decided to choose the Guatemalan garbage dump over the floating trash island because I have more of a connection to it since I visited it through a program I was in.

Inman, Phillip. “Fear of Slowdown in US and Eurozone as China’s Factories Cut Output.” Fear of Slowdown in US and Eurozone as China’s Factories Cut Output. The Guardian, 24 Mar. 2014. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.

Water Charity. “Filter Project for Garbage Dump Workers of Guatemala.” Water Charity. Water Charity, 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.

“Hand-writing | Arthur D. Simons Center.” Arthur D Simons Center. Arthur D. Simons Center, 28 July 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.

And finally through the composite photo I hope to convey how I want my pen to be used. Although my Photoshop skills are very poor I do think I did a pretty good job of it.

so what would it mean then, to do this?

face in hiding

surveillant reciprocity/recording in progress

cecilia-paredes

Annie-Collinge

wearable1

Having reached a point where I am satisfied with the research I have done with Rubber Ducks and their place in society, I now seek to call that very thing into question. “Are Rubber Ducks worth what they give us?” I hope to convince people to reconsider Rubber Ducks and whether or not they are worth their impact, through this series of images. I have collected and taken pictures of Rubber Ducks in places that I hope make us reconsider them. Two of these are images I found on the internet. One of them is a picture I manipulated through Photoshop. One is a picture of the design I am working with so far. All the others are pictures I took myself.

(“Washed up Ducks” 2014)

This first image is taken from The Sun. This is meant to speak to the environmental impacts of rubber ducks. Rubber doesn’t decay, so Rubber Ducks will just end up floating in the ocean basically forever. Considering the ever-enlarging effect of plastics in our oceans, and the north pacific garbage patch.

(“Abandoned” 2014)

This image is taken from the pinterest page of Tim Long. It’s a picture from an abandoned rubber duck factory in Cleaveland, Ohio. I use this image as I think it effectively portrays the environmental effects of rubber ducks. We have so many rubber ducks that they end up breaking down slowly in an abandoned factory. This image is unique as it’s the only image of rubber ducks in a place where one would expect to find them, and abandoned rubber duck factory. What possible benefit does this surplus of bath toys serve?

This is a picture I manipulated of a Rubber Duck in a lava flow for comedic reasons. You certainly wouldn’t expect to find a rubber duck there.

Here is a picture of the current status of the rubber duck model I’m working on in the Tinkercad. I plan to do a test print soon, and hopefully I will improve it before the project ends. Most of the body was simple, as the head was where it was difficult. Because this is designed to be 3D printed, the eyes have to pop out so that they’re visible. The beak was a bit of a nightmare.

Here is the first of many photos I took of  a rubber duck. I took this photo (it is of the bottom of the duck) to point out that rubber ducks do have a part in consumerist culture. Also, I think it  strange that I spent the entire second iteration claiming they are symbols of childhood, innocence, and nostalgia, and yet this duck bears a warning against letting infants of less than 18 months use it. By purchasing this rubber duck, I have directly contributed to consumerism, and to this idea that rubber ducks are worth having. The next several pictures attempting to refute this very idea.

Here is a photo I took of the rubber duck sitting in a trash bin. Rubber ducks must end up either in piles of unused garbage, or in a landfill. The sheer immensity of the number of rubber ducks is bound to have a negative impact. It is unavoidable.

This picture I took while wondering if printing the design I’ve made is actually worth it. Obviously, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time working with rubber ducks and studying them. However, at this point, I’ve more or less decided that rubber ducks are not incredibly important, and by continuing as long as I have, I am just contributing to a pile of trash. I’m struggling at this point, because rubber ducks have pretty much only symbolic value, is that truly worth printing?

I will close with this image. I entered into the world of rubber ducks through a phenomena in the world of coding. Suffice to say, however, a computer or a workspace is still not somewhere that most people would expect to find a rubber duck. Although I began at this point, it seems that I’ve rather strayed from where I set out. I wonder if, by the end of this project, I will have come back around to finish in the world of coding and programming, or if I will end in a flurry of environmentalist rage.

Bibliography

Digital vs. Analog

I have learned a fascinating and unexpected new technique for creating relief prints. However, I hate it. I do not think I will ever use it once this class is over. You see, I have learned something valuable about my favorite art medium: just like everything else, it is about the journey rather than the destination. I don’t carve because I love the incredibly stark images created by the black and white shapes, or the texture of the dried ink on the printed image. I carve because I love the whispered conversation between the blade and the product. I carve because the mistakes only improve upon the composition. I carve because linocutting is a craft that crashes the fine-art-circle-jerk party. I carve because it is a middle finger to the digital universe encroaching upon mine without consent. But I never realized this until I side-stepped the entire method.

Blue Rabbit pt3

In a world that’s full of so much stuff. I feel that expanding on the idea of 3D printing horseshoes is a satisfactory idea. I chose this idea when I read about a horse in Australia named Holly with Laminitis.  CSIRO created titanium horseshoes for her easing her pain by taking the pressure away for inflicted leg. Seeing this article put 3D printing in perspective for me. You have this amazing device that can print almost anything you want it too. I really like the application of 3D printing in the fields of Human and Veterinary medicine worldwide, and I’m excited to see how this technology improves medical advances. I became familiar with horses as a teen working on my friends farm and a summer camp that did trail rides for kids. I learned some about the equine species. Horses are noble creatures that throughout history we’ve relied on for big and small jobs. I feel with out them this work wouldn’t be accomplished as efficiently. So I think if 3D printing can help relive the pain of inflicted horses then we should. This iteration of my project really didn’t expand or greatly impact the project as a whole. I still want to pursue the idea from the same aspect as before. Maybe it put a little more fuel in the motivation tank and that’s always a plus. Horseshoes are also good luck charms that ward off evil spirits and brings good fortune. The creation of a horseshoe is a amazing thing all around, and through the images below I will attempt to express said idea.

Ross, Eric ” 3D horseshoes.”   2014. JPEG 

The above image is a screenshot of my horseshoe in a popular program called Blender.

   CSIRO ” 3D printed horseshoe to improve racing performance”  2013 JPEG

The above image is a pair of 3D printed titanium horseshoes made by CSIRO.

Davidson, Elaina “Lucky Horseshoe”  2013 JPEG

The above image tells a little about horseshoes being lucky.

Bibliography

Davidson, Elaina ” Lucky Horseshoe”  2013 JPEG

< http://elainajdavidson.blogspot.com/2013/11/lucky-horseshoe.html>

CSIRO ” 3D printed horseshoe to improve racing performance”  2013 JPEG

< http://www.csiro.au/Portals/Media/3D-printed-horseshoe-to-improve-racing-performance.aspx>

“…(T)he primacy of the inherent bodily orientation in the mapping…. (T)he primacy of bodily experience in the structuring of human conceptual processes.” Malafouris p.64

This quote and Malafouris in general interests me because one I have always been interested in non-dualistic theories of consciousness and cognition. This past week I made my observations sheerly from a non-dual perspective. Malfouris theory makes me wonder if thought is nothing other than past/future, feedback loops of sensory data and other information. Or what about imagination? Im hoping Malfouris will begin to discuss the imagination and visionary experiential spaces will all encounter interiorly. Its one of the most magical aspects of our humanness and we have yet to understand it, and maybe we can’t and its beyond theorization never to be localized only subjectively experienced and explored. Has western culture placed to much of an emphasis on thinking, time, self, and symbols? Not saying there not useful but time is an abstract concept and our symbols are static and rather arbitrary when it comes to trying to fathom the flux mysterium tremendum which has just created a quaking mess, because everybody has been conditioned to play roles and act, forgetting that every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique immeasurable action of the total universe.

The following images should provide an idea of what the OpenJSCAD platform looks like and provides examples of basic code.  Throughout the process of choosing, creating and taking images related to my project I see how deceiving imagery can be within my particular project.  The two more complicated designs that I made myself, don’t really look that complicated but took me three weeks to figure out.  This process has helped me develop more possible ideas for a final 3d printed object as it has helped me visualize what I have been working on and what will best represent my project.

Above is my most complicate design. Spheres that get bigger in radius each time but also stay the same distance apart so they appear to be stacked on top of each other.

This is an example of an advanced design created by Joost Niewenhuijse, a member of the OpenJSCAD community.

This is another advanced design done by Derrick Oswald, its a 3d globe.

This is a prototype of what I want to print for my 3d iteration. Its a cube with the OpenJSCAD code to make a cube carved into it. A cube within a cube. I made this in Blender.

One of my first more complicated designs in OpenJSCAD exploring the power of the “for” loop.

This is a creative piece of imagery done in GIMP inspired by OpenJSCAD.

This rough image acts as kindling in which to heat the flames underneath my project. After a mirad of failed prototypes ranging from hinged rings, jump rings, semicircular clips, clamps, and now open links. In CAD, chainmail is one of the simplest things generatable, yet the ability to print chainmail style fabric that can be continuously added to is proving to be quite difficult for the machine to process, as well as it difficult to design around fickle parameters. I’ve included my many failures as well as one in the process of happening that I took on my iPhone on 11/14, accompanied by a picture of a 3d printed bra (which, yes, I am aware exists thank you) and a closed chainmail style fabric. The quote i incorporated is the conceptual spine in which my project is based and from theorist Jose Muñoz. The figure at the bottom is Kat, my model and friend, who will be the recipient of this garment once this program is complete. This rough collage is a reflective of my current anxieties around this piece: the surmounting errors, the thesis I work to articulate, and the person I am doing this work for are all factors that are dependent on the completion of this work, and this honestly scares me. Although the completion of this project is being approached with trepidation, I have confidence that the end result will be cohesive and informative.

BIBLIO:
3D-printed-bra.jpg. 2012. Http://www.absplastic.eu. Web. 16 Nov. 2014. .
FOC-3d-printed-textiles.jpg. N.d. Freedomofcreation.com. Web. 16 Nov. 2014. .