Today was my first day attending the maker lab 1 design class at Adelphi University. Im excited but also a little bit nervous not knowing what the class is going to be about. For the first day we created a science journal booklet from scratch. We had to careful construct the booklet by first folding 9 white pages. Then with a needle and thread we sew the construction cover to it. We watch a video that has instructions to help us craft our booklet. I was doing well in the beginning but I did get lost midway. I needed help so I asked the person next to me to help me. My colleague next to me was Rob, he was able to help me with some of the instructions. I was able to complete the journal. It was very fun and enjoyable being able to craft my own journal. I later added the dolphin silhouette to my front cover with glue.

I paired up with Saul and Tanjina in order to make a kinetic sculpture. We were first planning on what we should make our sculpture. We were thinking about making a butterfly and have its wings flap. However, we decided to make a vase and have the flowers spin. We first design a blueprint of how the sculpture will come out to be. We also were using a motor to help the flowers spin. We started making our flowers by using construction papers and paper straws. Then we designed the vase to be made out of card board box. What was challenging about making this sculpture was attaching the flower on a wheel that the motor will spin. It was too heavy for the motor to be able to spin the flowers. However after some modifications we were able to make the flowers spin around in the vase. It was fun crafting it but it was a big challenge.

It was pretty fun designing my Vinyl doll on the Tinkercad program. First we had to take the tutorial on how to use the program. It wasn`t that hard to complete and the program was really easy to learned . Once you understand the tools you are able to then create your character. I decided to make my Vinyl character a chicken. I used many of the basic shapes to combine and create my bird. The only thing that was challenging was creating the beak and eyes. In the end I was very proud of how it came out. I just want to go print it and put it in my room!

I never thought I would be learning how to make avatars and patronous in this class. We used the Cospace program to help us pick an avatar and an animal. I made my avatar and was able to attach a cowboy hat and have it hold balloons. I also made him dance around which was pretty cool. My patronous was a gorilla wearing a top hat and holding a champaign glass. I made him pound his chest with excitement. It was pretty easy using the program and did not have any trouble with it.

It was fun creating my own book mark by using e-textiles to accomplish this. It was really challenging planning the circuits first and then sewing it on the fabric. I never thought I will be sewing in this class . However, after doing this activity it open my mind that sewing is an important skill. We were able to finished out bookmark but only 2 out of the three LEDs were able to work. I was a little disappointed that not all three of the LEDs were working. However, I was happy that for the most part it worked.

This was a very fun and relaxing activity to complete. I went to Pelham Bay Park to do my sound walk. I saw many plants and animals like trees, mushrooms, butterflies, bird, tadpoles, and many more. I was able to record many birds chirping and singing in the forrest. I also recorded the sound of the waves splashing on the shore of the park. What was surprising was finding an abandon boat at the park. Besides that I really enjoyed the activity at the park.

I created a self portrait by using the p5.js program. It was interesting coding for the first time. This activity was a little bit challenging because you have to be careful when you type in the codes. One little mistake can mess the portrait up. However, I was able to fix any mistakes and was able to create my amazing portrait of myself.

Creating the chibitronics was a challenge for me because i messed up so many times. I followed the template but I did not fold the conductive tape well so it was not able to light up the LEDS. However, it worked when I tried again for the second time. I decided to draw my three pictures to be a tree, mushroom, and a robin. I used construction paper to craft some animals or plants and added it to each drawing. I taped the chibitronics to the back of the page and it was able to light up when touched. I also wrote my poem based on what I saw at the park.

This was a very fun activity where I had to designed and construct a storytelling instrument using sounds files from my sound walk. We also use the Makey Makey device and its website to be able to display sound when touching one of the conductive tapes. I decided to design a robin because that was the bird I saw and heard at the park. I designed the body by using cardboard box and cover it with construction paper to give it color. We use hot glue to attached all the pieces together. Then we added conductive tape for each of the tail feathers. Using the Makey Makey device and our computer. Me and my partner were able to make each feather when touch to produce a different sound from our sound walk at the park.