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Puzzle Casts

This displays the process that came with our attempt to separate our foam pieces and reconnect with the other cuts in our cast. Unfortunately one of the iterations of the cast leaked, but it developed into an interesting display of our process!

For this assignment we made two different cuts, and then used one side from each cut to (attempt to) make two different casts our intention was to have them be able to fit together to explore wholeness. We were interested in thinness and perceived materiality in our casts, so we attempted to cast as thin a block as we could. Pictures to come!

Haraway Response

Feminism is defined as “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes (Merriam-Webster).” In her essay “Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective,” Donna Haraway argues that there is a objective lens that comes from the true feminist. They are able to think from other’s perspectives equal to their own in order to make decisions that are right for the whole. It comes not only with the understanding of other genders, but also looking into the perspectives of those who have less privilege

This brings to mind the fabric designs made by Sean Ahlquist for autistic children to play and socialize around. Ahlquist was able to elevate an often forgotten about group in our society with his design of this exhibit. By looking at the world objectively and understanding the problems within the autistic community that he wasn’t a part of, Ahlquist succeeded in giving those who suffered from the disease a tool to help the children be active. He looked objectively at the problems his daughter was going through and decided to make a difference.

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Today we attempted to create a Kuka program which would investigate the relationship between a curved spline and a straight line. We are super excited to see what sort of surface will be created from the rigid wire cutting through the foam! We expect the surface to look similar to the rendering, however, also different because of the straight line of the foam cutter.

Crawford Response

Crawford’s essay, “The Jig, The Nudge and Local ecology” focused on our ability as workers to subconsciously design processes that make our work easier. That could become an issue if the worker is thrown into a situation that they don’t expect, which could put them in danger. This deals with the issue of automaticity in that when you get a set system of working you can forget about your surroundings and become lazy.

Crawford’s essay, “Agency” at one point delved into human’s frustration in the fact that technology can do jobs that we should be able to do by hand, much more accurately. It is part of our instinct to build in order to survive, so by having technology do our jobs for us, it comes at the cost of us repressing our urgency to build.

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Exercise 6

Our group chose the America curve to use for the second part of exercise six. Originally, we chose the red light to conduct the actual exercise, and then altered the colors in Photoshop to produce a red, white, and blue effect. While conducting the exercise, our group experimented with different speeds of the robot as well as shutter speeds to alter the line weight of the curve being drawn.

Keramas,”Robots” Response

This essay delved into the paranoia that was had with the robotic industry during its growth. During my lifetime this worry has been displayed in the television and film industry. For example, the movie “I, Robot” begins by introducing the viewer to the 3 laws of behavior that were created by Asimov. It shows that these theories that were created decades ago are still thought about today. Although this paper was written in the late 90s, Keramas was spot on in his analysis of how the newer generation reacts with robots and technology. This has advanced further where I’ve seen young toddlers playing on their ipad’s, which expresses a reliability that youth will have on technology in the future.

Keramas made an interesting point on the feasibility of robots in the workplace. The only reason that robots started being used in the workplace was in order to make products with cheaper labor. The fact that these jobs were the dirty jobs that no worker should have to do, makes this work force necessary. When we give robots jobs that are enjoyable for people just for the economic means, we are negatively affecting our communities because we’d be relying too heavily on the capitalist system of businesses and lose the moral aspects that work should focus on.

Watching the complex robot draw the blobbed form.

The finished product of our surface. We ended up leaving out a couple of pieces our envelope for a unique pattern and a chance to see the surface within the wrapping. The most difficult part of the project was to get the surface wrapped in the polystyrene material. It ended up creating some interesting effects with shadow.

Router working hard on our surface. It took about an hour and a half to get the surface cut

The Degeneration Effect Response

Carr directs us the danger that laziness can have during our daily lives. Trust in technology clearly has to be considered when working on computers because when we place complete reliance on our technology, our species fails to move forward. It makes me question a quotation that my teacher in 8th grade Technology made about human intelligence. He said that humans are exponentially getting smarter as time goes by. This article makes one wonder if our advancements as humans is nearing it’s peak, since technology has become a tool for us to be complacent and no longer focused on gaining intellect because any fact is a click away.

There’s also the counterargument that the facts that we’ve been taught to retain as children are no longer necessary, allowing us to try to expand our memory, regarding other aspects. By having easy access to, for example, state capitals kids can retain more memories of events and facts that are more relevant to their lives. The internet changes how children should be taught in school in that dates of events have become less important to memorize, instead they should be taught the details of the event that took place because those stories will be retained and are harder to forget. Dates of events can be easily googled and have no need to be retained.

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Sadly the Fabrication Lab decided not to follow the reservations this week and chose to give away slots without telling us about it. So for a conciliation this week I worked through a series of renderings of what our MDF could have been if we had not been unable to mill. A rough MDF core made of ‘quads’ with a triangulated envelope wrapping the exterior, reacting to the original surface. The process of rendering also allowed for experimentation with different sorts of materials and seeing how they react visually to one another.

Architectural and Material Techniques, Iwamota Response

This essay delves into how, before digital fabrications were available to determine measurements of abstract forms, architects needed to use sections to figure out how to measure and create these forms. These forms came with the use of basic modeling materials that architects then utilize to create the life size forms by simply changing the scale and materials of the design. This new means of modelling has allowed abstract installations to be designed for exhibitions. Forms have the opportunity to be less orthogonal, allowing for architecture to form more experiential designs. Architects now have the opportunity to use more malleable materials because of technology like laser cutters and CNC’s to cut the forms using the digital output.

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Kolarevic Response

In this essay Kolarevic delves into the classical notion of craftsmanship and it’s relation to the modern movement in architecture. He sees the advancement of modern technology and the digital medium as a new means of crafting our work. The surface effects that are explored by architects is one means of using this new medium as a way to ornament a structure. Buildings no longer need to have flat faces in order to be built. The time and effort that go into designing the surface effects and other designs on buildings with the use of digital technology, makes this a process of craftsmanship. Although you are no longer building these designs by hand, you are the creator of these new effects and understand how they fit into a design. This relates to Malcolm McCullough’s argument for craftsmanship mentioned earlier in the article. As long as you have control over the process, the design of the effect can be labeled in your ownership.

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Putting our vase to good use.

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Our vase, along with its snow angels.

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