Ella K.

These are my designs for a robot made in Inkscape. I learned more about the program and how to manipulate shapes through division and subtraction.

Here is my handmade 2" box in cardboard and card stock. I wasn't very happy with the craftsmanship of the boxes, but they were my first attempt at hand crafting shapes in the two materials, and I learned about how to measure and cut different materials by hand.

In class, we made a series of card stock attachments as shown. I learned different ways to shape and bend the material, as well as how to glue it securely. I had to come in twice outside of class to finish the board, but I'm happy with the craftsmanship of my final product, especially in comparison to the 2" boxes I made the class before.

Here are the 12 logo designs I sketched in 15 minutes to represent my personal brand. There were three or so that I liked, but I ended up going with one of the most minimal designs because I liked the simplicity. I learned more about what makes a good logo, and the value of quantity over quality in initial designs.

This is the logo I designed to represent my personal "brand". I tried to keep it minimalist and simple, but unique enough to stand out. I made the design on Abobe Illustrator, demonstrating my new understanding of the program.

Here is a laser cut of my logo design, which I made with the help of Mr. D. Once he showed me how to edit the settings, I was able to help one of the people after me cut their design.

These are two stickers of my logo made on the vinyl cutter. following some of the instructions next to the machine, I was able to figure out the settings on my own for the most part, though Mr. D helped me once I started placing the vinyl pieces in the machine. I valued being able to go through the process individually, because I think I gained a better understanding of the machine than I did with the laser cutter.

This is a clipping of a few of the Tinkercad lessons I completed in preparation for 3D printing my logo. Through the different lessons, I learned more about the process of additive design like how to create complex objects out of simple 3D shapes. I really enjoyed learning more about the program, just because the idea of being able to create and customize almost anything you want is really cool to me.

Here is the 3D print of my logo. This was my first experience with the 3D printer, so it was really interesting to see how it worked and watch it printing. It ended up a bit bigger than I wanted it, and kind of off center, so I know for next time I should pay more attention to the dimensions and scale.

Here is my original design for a complex part. I decided to try a hinge as the complicated element, so I made a little treasure chest in tinkercad. I learned more about additive design and how to interlocking parts with precise measurements. I definitely prefer 3D design to laser cutting.

Here is my treasure chest print. I ended up having to scale up the design because I realized that I hadn't really been paying attention to overall size, and was instead focusing on the relative measurements of the complicated parts. It still ended up pretty small, so I was unable to print a usable rod for the hinge. Mr. D helped me find some suitable wire thin enough to use. Next time, I'll have to make sure I take overall measurements into account.

Here is my name stand design. The point of the assignment was doing precise slotted measurements, similar to those I used on the treasure chest but on a simpler scale and in a different medium. I messed up the first design because I was thinking of the height of slots on the base piece as the same as the pegs, but I should have made the slots the same as the thickness of the wood.

This is my printed name stand. Mr. D helped me bump out the nodes on the pegs, making it a more snug fit in the base. I corrected my original measurement errors and used painted wood which made the etching effect look a bit more interesting.

These are the iterations of my glasses designs. The first card stock model didn't reflect the visual designs I intended as well, but it allowed me to get fairly accurate measurements for the bridge, arm, and frame. The changes between my cardboard model and wooden model were minimal, limited to adjustments fro varying material width really since the measurements from my card stock model worked so well. I learned a bit about working with different materials and making three dimensional objects in a two-dimensional medium.

Here are my sketches for the lamp/lantern design. I originally thought that the design was going to be 3D-printed, so I'm not entirely sure how feasible some of these ideas are on the laser cutter.

Here is my preliminary design for my lamp on tinkercad. Since I had some issues with sizing for my last design, I tried to make sure that I was paying closer attention to that element. From here, I'll be able to use another program, 123D design, to convert the shape into slices which I will cut on the laser cutter.

Here are the cuts I generated with 123D design for my lamp. the shape got a bit warped in my attempts to make viable cuts, so the lamp will be a bit more abstract than my original designs, but I think it still looks pretty cool. It was interesting to learn more about how to use 123D and what you can do with it.

Here is my cardboard prototype for my lamp. I failed to adjust the sizing of the slots for the difference in material thickness since they were designed for 1/8 in wood, so it was difficult to fit the pieces together, but the light bulb did fit inside of the central cavity. I also realized that somehow, the entrance hole was significantly smaller than the fixture that was supposed to go through it, so I was able to adjust that sizing before printing the final version.

Here is my final design for the lamp. there are still a few issues that I hope to take care of in the next few weeks, but for the time being it is somewhat functional. After printing it, I had to cut a hole in one of the slices closes to where the lightbulb attaches to the wire since I did not account for the width of the attachment in my designs. while everything fits together nicely, I would like to widen the central cavity to a more spherical shape to allow more light to escape from every angle, since as you can see now, it's only coming from one side.