Group 7

AIM:

To make a form/object using origami as a method

OBJECT 1

STAGE 1

Paper - 15x45 cm

After folding - 16x7.5 cm

Paper - 40x120 cm

After folding - 30x30 cm

STAGE 2

Since we intended to make a chair, the geometry was altered to get the desired angles of a chair

Paper - 10x30 cm

After folding - 6x8 cm

STAGE 3

Cloth - 30x90 cm

This experiment was done by soaking cloth in 2 tablespoons of starch(revive) in 1 liter of water. Once the cloth was dried and the geometry was drawn and was folded using iron.

STAGE 4

Fiber glass - 180x380 cm

The geometry was drawn on the fiber glass and the folds were taped.

2 layers of resin were applied on the sheet and kept for drying overnight

1st layer had 1400 gms of resin made in 8 batches.

2nd layer was applied the next day using 600 gms of resin with more hardener.

STAGE 5

After the resin was dried the fiber glass was folded after removing the tape. Bricks were used to equally space the folds and the table was used to pull the folds to avoid sagging. Another layer of resin was intended to be applied to the folds. But this object was discarded since the fold was not stiff enough to hold itself. Also, the resulting size of the object after folding was much smaller than the fiber glass sheet initially used.

OBJECT 2

STAGE 1

Paper -  30x30  cm

Later same geometry was tried on cloth -  80X80 cm by soaking the cloth in 5 tablespoons of corn starch in 3 cups of water. The thick paste was the applied on the cloth. Once the starch was dried it was again applied on the other side of the cloth. This stiffened the cloth more or less like a cartridge sheet. The geometry was drawn and the cloth was folded using the half-cut technique.

Modifying the folds to achieve a desired form/object.

STAGE 2

Drawing the geometry on fiber glass -  50x50 cm 

STAGE 3

Moving to a bigger scale of fiberglass - 350x350 cm. The same geometry was drawn on the sheet. Since the fiber class is available only in 1 m height, 4 sheets of 3.5m length were jointed by overlapping 15 cm.

The folds were tapped and resin was applied.

STAGE 4

After the first layer of resin was dried the next step was to apply random mesh. Wooden stencil was made to cut the shapes from random mesh, then these cut outs were carefully placed on the  fiber glass avoiding the fold eges.  The resin was applied over the random mesh cutouts by dabbing with a sponge.

STAGE 5

Once the random mesh layer was dried the tape was removed. Then the object was folded to get the following result