Mounting Motors

Mounting Motors

This final fabrication project I think has given me the most grief out of all of them and I’m pretty sure it’s my own fault. I still have some trouble making a DC motor function on its own and yet…

Plaster and Other Things

Plaster and Other Things

Being asked to make something out of two alternative materials, the hardest part was just picking which of those materials to work with. There are too many choices! And the temptation to work with something I already know was incredibly…

Coloring Book (In progress)

Coloring Book (In progress)

I didn’t make this box! We’re supposed to make an enclosure for something and while the idea of a book occurred to me pretty fast, I’m short on time this week. So Michael’s kindly had this box already available for…

Laser Cutter Adventures

Laser Cutter Adventures

Our assignment for Fabrication this week was to make something on the laser cutter. I decided to take this opportunity to combine projects, and build a housing for my physical computing assignment as well – a lantern that responds to…

Make 5

Make 5

Last week my flashlight was only made out of paper so I knew that I wanted to focus on actually working with some of the different tools this time around. ITP has quite a few that I’ve never used before…