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rachelcapstone

2 years ago

“Anyone who’s ever put a stamp on an envelope or a note on their refrigerator knows what it’s like to make a collage. There’s no esoteric technique.” - Elliott Hundley

I feel like I love and hate this quote because it’s true, and it’s one reason why I like collage - because it reflects life. But also I don’t like it for my capstone because I think it starts to get into “anyone could have done that” territory. Will think more about this...

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rachelcapstone

2 years ago

Week 1 Update: September 12

After reading the articles that Nancy sent this week, and after our conversation, I have decided to not purse the 3D printing idea specifically. While I am not against using it in my work, I already don’t feel like the passion for it is deep enough for it to be the main topic of my capstone.

I did really like MERRICK by Daan van den Berg. I like how it created a relationship between computer and biology (how the computer virus cause mutations similar to the way a real virus would). I also like how it was sort of out of your control what exactly the results would be like.

I also liked Damien Davis’s work. While I don’t think what it’s what I'm trying to do in particular, I do think it gave me some inspiration about exploring process and material. For some reason, his work kind of reminds be of the interactive puzzle things that you would find on the jungle gym at the playground. Maybe it’s the way the material was used.

(the other articles I read and was sent were posted below)

I think I’ll try thinking about collage as a medium this week. It still doesn’t feel quite right through? But maybe will help get me to a better direction.

7 days of making to be posted soon. 🎂

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rachelcapstone

2 years ago

Platform 21 - 3D Printing

3D Printing, A 3D printer enables you to three-dimensionally print every design with just one click on the button. Whereas now this machine is mainly used by professional designers, model builders, instrument makers and architects, in the future it will be available to us all. Expectations are for 3D print shops to become the copy shops of tomorrow. What this means and what it could do for you? During Platform21 = Checking Reality visitors could test this for free at Platform21.

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rachelcapstone

2 years ago

Platform 21 - Merrick

Merrick, “From an unknown location, I break into IKEA’s computer server. In this nerve centre, the CAD files for every IKEA product are stored and are downloaded worldwide. By infecting the CAD files with the ‘Elephantiasis virus’ I have just designed, I can hack the entire range of products. The virus causes random deformities, like lumps, cracks and humps, which only show up when the customer prints his product at home with his 3D printer.” The MERRICK originated during a fantasy about the development described above. The MERRICK is a digital file infected with the human 'Elephantiasis virus’ and then converted into tangible products using a 3D printer. Every lamp that is printed will therefore be different. Three-dimensional printing at home might sound like science fiction. But according to the employees at the TNO research institute, who study it on a daily basis, it is far from unthinkable. Consumer 3D printing is still in its infancy, but it is expected to touch off a new revolution. IKEA ingredients:

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rachelcapstone

2 years ago

New Works — Damien Davis

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rachelcapstone

2 years ago

Unsolicited Fabrications: Shareware Sculptures | Stephanie Syjuco

I fabricated a selection of "sculptures" designed by anonymous users of Google SketchUp, a free 3-D modeling program. Designed as a simple and easy-to-use version of CAD software, SketchUp has garnered a growing following of amateur designers who use it to model virtually everything from common household items to fantasy architectural designs. These digital designs can be uploaded to a freely-accessible database to “share” with other SketchUp users in their own projects. Many--but not all--of the digital designs are created by non-artists who are just trying to figure out the software

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rachelcapstone

2 years ago

Particulate Matter: Things, Thingys, Thingies | Stephanie Syjuco

My handmade versions of over seventy objects designed by users of the free 3-D modeling program Google SketchUp exist somewhere between the bootleg, the copy, and the translation. Modeled from online designs that seem to lack value or utility, these strange objects explore the handmade in the digital-era of design, uniqueness found even within the copy, and collaboration’s relationship to outsourcing, as well as labor, authorship, and value. Designed as a simple and easy-to-use version of CAD software, SketchUp has garnered a growing following of amateur designers who use it to model

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rachelcapstone

2 years ago