For this project I will attempt to take information about electrical use from a world view, regional and local and interpret them into a physical model. I will be using a plasma cutter for the final product in hopes of making a lamp with some interesting character all while sharing information through light and form. I will be starting the research period starting this week and will work at least until Oct 31st. For the month of November Ill be working on the organization and end results of the final design and possibly making test runs on the plasma cutter. The final weeks of the project I will be devoting time to getting the final cuts, assembling the lamp and smoothing out the details in preparation of our presentation.
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I love that you’re going to be playing with a plasma cutter! We have an upcoming plasma cutting class at FUSE Makerspace ( https://www.fusemakerspace.org/workshops-2/ ) if you’re looking at doing it yourself. (Not sure of your fabrication plans yet, but it’s always nice to have options!)
Thank you Liz for sharing the workshop info. I’m going to look more into that space and see what interests me. Unfortunately I will not be pursing the palsma cutter this time around. I have instead turned my attention to the 3D clay printer as I’m very excited to see what I can do as far as mixing Architecture and 3D printing together. So I will be making 3D clay baskets as my final project. Taking inspiration from the pueblos around the U.S and the world for that matter, I’ll be making my own baskets playing with weave structures and designs that will incorporate cranes into the weave itself. I have a much better feeling about this project and what I’m able to do. Let me know how the metal shop goes, perhaps you can come over to the School of Arch and we can play with metal. 🙂 We have a full blown metal shop ready to be used.
Hey Christopher, this sounds like a super cool idea! Creating a design for a lamp using a plasma cutter sounds awesome and I’m stoked to see how everything turns out!
As excited as I was to be using our plasma cutter over in the School of Arch, I will not be doing this design anymore and instead will be producing a family of clay pots with the 3D clay printer to resemble the beautiful basket weaves of vintage Native American designs. I will be incorporating my own design with cranes being the focus and will also be playing with the weave of the basket itself. I’m really excited to see what I come up with.
Hey Christopher, your idea to represent electrical use data through the medium of a lamp is both creative and informative. I’m curious to see how the data translates into light and form in your final design.
Well that is where I was having a problem. I really didn’t want to collect data for this project. I was looking to use my creativity to make something and to try something new and challenging so i’ve changed my project from a lamp to now a 3D clay printed pot collection. The inspiration is from vintage native American rugs and basket weaves. I’ll be incorporating my own design of cranes within the basket weave and perhaps the weave itself.
Hello, Christopher:
Sounds like a very cool project, cannot wait to see it. Could you please show some possible source of the electric usage data?
Thank you much but I’ve actually changed my final project. I wasn’t having that great of a feeling towards this lamp project, especailly thinking of gathering up data. I instead will be going into a more creative approach with my new project of a vintage basket weaving resembling the native American weaves and designs from years past. I will be producing my own design incorporating cranes and will be using the 3D clay printer for the final results. Wish me luck.