Sunday, May 18, 2014

Friday, April 25, 2014

Concept Models

 For our design, I have thought of two different versions of extending the raincoat. Here's the recap: The idea is to take an existing object made for one person and modify it so that it works for two people. Our model will be based off a raincoat.

Version 1: A zipper will run from the top of the hood down to the back such that when it is unzipped, two people can share the raincoat.
Front View
Front View Extended




 Back View
Back View Extended

Version 2: The idea is still the same (extends at the back) but this time, we have an oversized hood and only focus on overlapping the extension over the back with buttons. When it is unbuttoned, it will stretch out. 
Front View
Front View Extended
Back View
Back View Extended



Monday, April 21, 2014

Rough ideas for Two People

Idea 1: A hoodie for two people with a frontal zipper.
Idea 2: A backpack for two people, Joined at the middle for more storage

Final Result, Draping Form

Materials Used: Flashing Galvanized, a bought belt (should've found smaller size, BLACK) and the size was too long, blue ribbon from Paper Presentation.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Fabrication Process

I ran out of sheet metal, had to buy some more to finish transferring my templates. Because it is hard to cut hole patterns into the material, the professor offered me an alternative way to pattern a bowtie. It involves splitting up the 32 "squares" into 4 pieces each. Do the math, 128 pieces. Tiny pieces. 
 Above is my workspace for templating. (In 6 East 16th Street building 6th floor)
 Over here, I am at the woodshop processing my materials. I used the giant metal cutter as well as the metal shears. I am about halfway done with cutting.
 Another two hours in and I found a way to organize the parts as well as started to drill holes in the forms.
 After all the holes and pieces have been taped up, I fanned out the parts to see if there were any imperfect cuts. Luckily there was only a few pieces that I had to retrim.
Out of curiosity, I taped up the pieces like I did for the bristol model to see if it would fit the form. I made a makeshift belt out of masking tape and who would've thought. It worked!

Monday, April 7, 2014

The original apron done with bristol strips on a female figure. Surprisingly fits my waist. 
After the bristol strip model was made, I cut the apron into four separate parts for the patter to grid. The pieces were not completely flat so I cut darts to create a flat plane. Below is after a grid has been established and systematically numbered.  
 After each individual square was cut out, I retaped those squares to recreate the apron. The belt was cut out of the original bristol strip and reused. Below are two views of the model. I plan on using the white board (Crescent board?) for the model. 



Friday, March 21, 2014

Sammy and Finn (Completed)
Connected Finn using 22 gauge and 24 gauge black annealed wire. It was very difficult with the 22 gauge so I ended up switching to 24. Cut myself a few times on the sheet metal but in the end, was satisfied with the result.

Did some detail on Sammy with the black threat to express other parts other than the eyes. (The eyes were too dominant and I needed to recede)





Thursday, March 13, 2014

Container is a whale named Finn (They're friends even thought it looks like Finn is eating Sammy~ Love bite)
 Straw model of Finn!
 Bristol Paper Model - Side view (included a fin for aesthetics)
 Front view of the bristol model (the protruding flaps will hold Sammy)


 Sammy the Seal - Bristol Paper Model
Initial sewing of the head and legs
 More patterning done on the back and head, the tail is almost complete. 

Monday, March 3, 2014

Straw structure, seal. (Potential dragon in case wings are added)
Probably might add. Three shapes required. (Only have two) Size 3 wings? (Don't have size 3 straws)

Monday, February 24, 2014

Hand Project



Bat Wings Progression, First prototype

Bat Wings, Mechanism Revised due to difficulties

Friday, February 7, 2014

Bat Wings, Prototype mechanism and Orthographic drawing



Monday, February 3, 2014

10 References for possible ideas (All images found through Google)

Open for branching off

Clock Mechanism
Combination
Crane
Dog Paw
Mechanical Hand
Snake Jaw
Snake Slitering
Telescoping Ladder
Trebuchet
Wing Design