I currently teach Mosaics class at Triform. Students have been working on making mosaic artworks as well as signage for the community. The first project was drawing onto boards with different colors and shapes. Students had the freedom to choose any image they wanted to create. Once the drawings were finished, we began to lay …
Self Portraits in Clay
The students in the Triform Pottery class have been sculpting ceramic busts since January. In the beginning we focused on creating different parts of our busts. Starting with two pinch bowls that we connected together to make a sphere, we had heads! Next, we started to build up coils in an oval shape for the base …
3D Print Container
For the 3D printer project, I spent a lot of time just messing around on TinkerCad. Here are some examples of where I was figuring out the tools, space and shortcuts. The later versions were different iterations of radial designs I was playing with. For the container project I decided to create a lidded jar …
Motor Hats
In this group project Jane, Victoria, Ally and I decided to create a lesson where students can craft their own practical or imaginative hat with moving parts. Each of us decided to create a different type of hat to show students four examples of hat structures and various ways to connect parts to the motors. …
Moving Image
When I heard the project was going to be "moving image" I immediately thought of a Zoetrope at Art Omi Sculpture Park. Check out Freya Powell if that sounds interesting. So, Jane started looking for images that might work and found this series of clouds split up in a window. While Jane began constructing the wheel, I …
Circuit Card
I created a card in the shape of a bug. I wanted the eye to light up. The card circuit was pretty simple to do with the copper tape. When doing this project I think it would be important to get kids thinking how using the light could create meaning in their work. It's always …
MaKey MaKey
In class our table experimented to use strange and unexpected objects to control our scratch game. We collaboratively decorated a Styrofoam head with pipe cleaners. Then used the controller to move the ball in Taylor's games through the 3 levels. Haley, Taylor, Isa and I Click here for a link to the Final Projects Page, where …
Drawing Machines
The challenge was to use a motor and various other materials to create a drawing machine. Victoria and I decided to use a yogurt cup at first because it is small and light weight. We attached 3 markers as feet and tried a large popsicle stick to throw off the balance and send the machine …
Makeology
There were three quotes that really spoke to me while reading Makeology. First, I felt like the most important idea is that Maker spaces give children more opportunities for explorative play. A quote from Dale Dougherty is used, “‘Think less about the products youth create and allow more time for this type of exploration, as …
Scratch Examples
I am currently working on learning to use Scratch. Here is a starter example where I am working out code and trying to see how I can incorporate my own artwork into an interactive animation. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/145669781/ My final project is an interactive digital interpretation of a self portrait. Where I use letters as a medium to …
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