The first project that we did in class was making drawings in Inkscape and cutting them on the laser cutter. I chose to do (from left to right) one of the robed figures from Inside Job with writing instead of shadows, Travel Hooty from The Owl House, and a code-generated design.

The second project was the Layers Project. For this, I decided to do a layered map of the Bay Area. I live in the Bay Area and I really wanted to represent it in a wooden map.

The next project was the Lantern Project where I decided to do a scene from Howl’s Moving Castle. I chose this scene because the general scene is relatively dark but there is a brighter “star” in the middle. This would work really well for a lantern because of that contrast.

The last project was the Altered Toy Project. When I think about the toys I had when I was younger, the first one that I think of is the Hex Bug Nano. Unfortunately, these are no longer really in production so I decided to make my own. I decided that mine would be different from the original by being a Hex Bug Macro, that is, it is much larger. I also made it into a desk light instead of a toy by using lights inside instead of a vibrating motor.