Project Title: Keep it to Yourself Concept This project was initially started as a way to physically and artistically represent what anxiety feels like to me. As someone who has heavily struggled with this, it is a part of me I keep very hidden. When trying to explain what this feels like, I realized there…
Author: Vanshika
Polish & Present – Vanshika Rohera
This week I finalized the project. I was able to paint some plywood slices and stick them behind the acrylic so that the images could be seen during daylight as well. I re-laser cut the images to get them to the desired quality. I also used an acrylic wash to color the base box. The…
Everything works – not really :(
I thought I was supposed to fail last week, but I guess the laser cutter decided I’m not done. There were MANY issues with the laser cutter this week. First, the foise one was closed, so the unity one was where I went and there are a lot of inconsistencies with that laser. I spent…
Failure, Recalibration & Iteration – Vanshika
Hello, I definitely did not get as much progress as I would have liked this week because MQP was not doing so well 🙁 I adjusted the dimensions to what I would eventually like to do. Overall the base would be 1000mm or 1m in length, the width is 75mm, and the depth is 75mm….
Maquette – Vanshika
I really liked the idea of telling a story through the piece, but the stories I wanted to share seemed to mellow for flasing LEDs. So I shifted the layout of the project to be kind of like an optical illusion. When you look at it from one angle you will see one piece, and…
Concept Proposal – Vanshika Rohera
Concept 1 – Shadow Box I wanted to create a shadow box where the art was influenced by South Asian culture. I have recently been missing a part of my heritage in my day to day life, and I wanted to center my art around it. Not super detailed, but I made a basic sketch…
TeamLAB – Artist Presentation – Vanshika Rohera
TeamLAB is an international art collective that was founded in 2001 by a group of four Japanese artists. They have now grown to be a large group of interdisciplinary artists including engineers, programmers, and even mathematicians. They aimed to make large-scale installations and have successfully done that all around the world. Their unique technique of…
Introduction and Art Portfolio – Vanshika Rohera
Hi everyone! My name is Vanshika Rohera, and I am a senior Electrical and Computer Engineering major. I am from Curacao, which is a small island in the southern Caribbean. Art is very important in my life because it is my first hobby. Over time, the form of art I feel drawn to has changed….