Jaylyn Tinker

Hello, my name is Jaylyn Tinker. Attached is my logo which is a slice of strawberry cheesecake on a plate with my initials incorporated. I chose to do a slice of cheesecake because it's my family's favorite dessert and we have a tradition of going to the cheesecake factory every month, so it represents me.

This is a photo of my logo after it was laser cut. I had some difficulty figuring it out at first, but later realized that I could get the hang of it. This was my first time using the laser cutter, and I think it turned out pretty well, although the left side could be smoother. I also think I need to make the letters more visible.

This is the card stock box I made. I decided to cut six 2 by 2 inch squares, and glued the inside of each square together to create a box. I found this project a little hard because I had to make sure the glue wasn't showing on the outside, and the measurements had to be really accurate in order to be successful. After I finished the box and tested it, I realized that I should have paid more attention to my measurements when I was making the box.

This is the 2 by 2 inch cardboard box I made. It was a lot harder to make than the card stock box because the squares were thicker. I cut out six individual squares and used hot glue to glue them together. I think it came out pretty well and my measurements were more accurate than the card stock, but they still weren't as good as I wanted them to be. I also should have tried a different technique, like folding the squares so I wouldn't have to use as much glue.

I made these 9 shapes out of cardboard with a group of 3. It took us a couple times to figure out how to make the more complex shapes like the score and shape and the texture ones. I learned how to make a lot of different shapes with cardboard, and I thought the project was interesting.

This is my logo sticker. It was a little hard to print and put on my computer because of all the lines, but I'm really happy with how it came out overall.

This is an image of my glasses cut out in paper. I think they turned out very well for a first try but I also think the measurements are just a little bit off. After this, I will add slots for the temples so they will fit better instead of using glue.

This is an image of my logo that will be 3D printed. I had some trouble designing it on Tinkercad at first because the design was so complicated, but Mr. D helped me simplify it so it wouldn't take so much time and have so many lines in it. Instead of trying to get my original design on Tinkercad, we used the shapes and tools available on the website. I'm excited to see how it turns out 3D printed!

These are my glasses cut out of cardboard. I think they look really good and they turned out alright. They were a little too wide for my face when I tried them on, so I'll have to fix the dimensions. Also, the temples were too short and for some reason "track" appeared on the inside instead of the outside. These are some changes I can make before laser cutting my final glasses.

This is my name stand. When I was making my name stand, I was in a rush to finish everything, so it didn't turn out so well. The measurements were wrong because the slots on the bottom were too big for the tabs on the name stand, and they also weren't spaced properly. I recognize my mistakes and I'm confident I could easily fix it with more time.

This is my clock design etched on cardboard. I had a hard time cutting it out and cutting the clock pieces out so I could layer them because adobe was not cooperating for some reason, so I left it like this. Mr. D also tried to help me and see what was going on, and it took a while to figure it out. Other than that, I think my design turned out pretty well.

This is my final laser cut clock. It took Mr. D a while to figure out how to get adobe to cooperate, but I ended up cutting it out piece by piece and putting the layering pieces in a different document for them to cut out. I glued the pieces onto the clock and I'm very happy with how it turned out overall, although I was not able to finish it completely.

This is an image of the glow circuit I created in class using Tinkercad. I chose a very simple design that only required a couple steps because I was running out of time to finish all of my other projects. Overall, I'm happy with the way it turned out on Tinkercad especially since it was not that hard! I wish I had time to print it out.

This is my 3D printed logo. The letters didn't come out right because they weren't placed right so the strawberry on top also didn't print. Luckily I had time to print it again and it turned out great!

This is my final 3D printed cheesecake logo. Overall I'm happy with how it turned out, but the color is a little boring. I figured out how to get the letters place correctly, and the circle on top (strawberry) came out perfectly! I'm happy with it even though it was a simple design.

I have definitely learned a lot in this class. I learned how to use the Vinyl cutter, laser cutter, and 3D printer which is a lot easier to use than I thought. Coming into the class I had no idea how to use any of these, but I'm glad I can now design something (simple) on my own.

At the beginning of the semester (and some of the middle) I wasn't really sure what I was doing and was a little confused. It took me a while to get the hang of things and learn to print something on my own. I learned that the machines look really complicated and hard to use but if I focus and put my attention towards it I'll see that it's only a few simple steps. I wasn't sure if I liked the class in the middle of the semester because of how complicated I thought things were, but now I realize all I had to do was ask some questions and focus on one thing at a time. I learned about the steps you have to take in order to get to 3D printing or laser cutting something, and I also learned how to use Tinkercad and Adobe.

I think that more people at Hawken should learn how to use the machines in the Fab Lab and maybe even design something their selves! It's a fun experience and I think it would be great for more people to have that experience. One thing I would change is the amount of interns. Our class had one intern and Mr. D, but most of us needed help and were inexperienced so I think it would be helpful to have more interns or more people around that are available to help.

This is my final project. I didn't have time to do something big, so I decided to draw a pen that would help people at Hawken and other schools. How it works: you find a color (ex. a green leaf outside), the pen scans the color, and stores it. Now you can write with the color green. This can work on any object and the pen can store as many colors as you want. You can also turn it into a colored or regular mechanical pencil. It would be useful to use so people wouldn't have to store so many pencils and pens in cases, unless they lose this one!