Group 5

- Harshita Patel, Stuti Bhatewara & Kewal Mehta

Aim : To make a form/object which can be used by a person using the method of origami by also exploring different materials and primarily using resin to achieve the desired strength of the object.

Initially we started using cartridge sheet of 1:3 ratio to explore the forms using origami.

Tessalation 1

Tessalation 2

Tessalation 3

Then we started to modify the folds of origami to achieve desired form which can be used in daily life.

Stool

Centre table

Chair

After achieving the form we tweaked the sizes by using anthropometry and shifted the material to fibreglass and resin to achieve the desired strength of the object. For 100g of resin we used 2g of cobalt and 4g of hardener and prepared a mix which was applied on the fibreglass to achieve the strength.

Object 1

Geometry was laid out on a fibreglass sheet of size 210 cm 60 cm. The folds were taped and then the mix was applied so that the folds remain soft to get the desired form.

After drying the sheet was folded to the desired form and again a coat of mix was applied in parts by holding it to get the form.

This form failed as it did not have any strong geometry at the bottom to take the load.

Object 2

The same process of marking the geometry on fibreglass was used for this object also but on a sheet of 120 cm x 60 cm by applying the same mix. And a mix of resin off 200gm resin 2gm cobalt and 4 gm hardner.

here we used thicker take which helped us getting better folds

This object was also applied a second coat of mix in parts by holding it. It currently can take load up to 50kg. It can be strengthen further by applying a layer of random mesh by using the same mix.

Object 3

This object also followed the same process of drawing down the geometry and applying the mix on a sheet of 60 cm x 200 cm. A second coat of mix was also applied in parts by holding the form.

Lastly, to achieve the desired strength a layer of fibre mesh with mix was applied.

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