For my altered toy, I decided to alter a bouncy ball. I chose a bouncy ball because I have a lot of vivid memories playing with them as a child and I even was nearly blinded by one once (whoops)… I think its pretty interesting how it turned out. when I showed it to my…
Author: Helena
Lantern Project (fail/first cuts)
so i have just received the pieces for my lantern project however they were not cut as I had specified. I told the company to cut the “zebra stripes” but for some reason they arrived engraved and the pentagons (for the top and bottom) are the wrong size. I contacted the company and they said…
Layers Project
Here is the results of my layers idea. I think it is kind of nice, thought I am a little dissapointed with the clarity of the material and how you can’t really see what is on the back layers. I think i might try to edit this with paint or something for the final project…
Altered Toys Design
For my design, I thought of the most basic toy I could think of : a ball. I thought a lot about the ball and how they are usually bouncy and round and how you can bounce them off surfaces. For my alteration, I decided to add a bunch of spikes to the ball, essentially…
Layers Cuts update (no actual cuts yet)
Someone suggested posting a picture of all the cuts merged, here it is. The cuts have been ordered and are coming in the mail asap.
Layers Design
For the layers project, i decided to take a really abstract take on the project. I began by searching for a clear material that I could cut or engrave with color. Then I created an abstract drawing on several different layers which i would like to physically print out each layer and glue them together…
Drawings 2 & 3
For my second drawing, I chose to redo my initial bunny design, but with a lot more detail. I wanted to try a more realistic style that was more fully engraved into the material. For the 3rd design, since I do not know how to code, I just messed up the numbers until I thought…
Drawing Number 1
For my first drawing I decided to draw a bunny as a I have a pet bunny that is very important to me! She is currently napping by my feet as I type this. I wanted to keep the design rather simple so I chose to fully cut out one side of the square in…
Introduction: Helena
Hellloooo! I hope you are having a good day, wherever you may be. My name is Helena and I am from France <3 ! I love to make art, mostly traditional painting I think would be my favorite, although I have been branching out. I recently finished my MQP and Im looking forward to graduating…