Tri State Area

So for this project Adam and I made a wood cut of the yugioh card galaxy eyes photon dragon. First we found a image we wanted to use. Then we open the cutting software and uploaded the image. Then we turn on the wood laser. And we put a outline around the image so it would cut it out. Then we clicked print and waited 10 minutes and it was done.

Ryan and I used the vinyl machine to print out a sticker of Kite Tenjo from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. Ryan walked me through it somewhat because he was more experienced than me with the vinyl machine. We took a picture of Kite and turned it black and white. Then we peeled off all the little pieces of the sticker. Peeling off the pieces took a long because of all the little details on it. Ryan and I lost our stickers but I have a picture of mine and it’s pretty cool.

These past couple months Ella and I, have been working on a bookshelf that already had an art on the bookshelf. Ella and I decided to take it into our own hands to redo the shelf, we started with painting the whole shelf a bright red. We than let that dry for a couple days, as we were letting it dry we did some touch ups on a couple spot. We than did a beautiful design on the back of the bookshelf we did a DOC URBANO themed shelf we did colors like blue, red, black, grey, pink, yellow and more it turned out to be a good bookshelf with what you used to our best ability, DOC I hope you like it!

While working on painting a birdhouse with Alex, Dr. Urbano told us that he had a bookshelf he wanted painted. We told him he was going to have to wait until we were done and then we would happily paint it. After finishing the birdhouse Alex and I began working on the bookshelf. The front and sides were painted red. Inside the first shelf there was an Eiffel Tower design, the second shelf had some water and trees, and the last one had numbers. Down the sides of the shelf there were small flowers. The back of the shelf was not painted at all. Our first step was to paint the back of the shelf red. We did about three or four coats of paint to make the color bold. After getting the back painted red we painted over the flowers on the side and the second and bottom shelves in red. Jordan than told us that those flowers were painted by Tina and we felt really bad for covering them up, but we continued with our project. Then we started thinking about what designs we wanted to paint on the shelf. We were stuck on what to do and then Alex had the idea to write “Doc’s Lair” on the back. Then I said we should do caves and have Doc put his handprints on the cave. So, we painted the caves and then we decided to put Dr. Urbano’s face on it and include things he likes and quotes he says. We painted Perry the platypus, pocket cheese, and gave Dr. Urbano a crown. Some quotes we used include “What are you doing?”, “ok”, and “ToDdLeRs”. We still have some finishing touches to put on this project which include a fire in the cave, more coats of paint, and Dr. Urbano’s handprints.

For this project Adam and I printed out the character Kite Tenjo from yugioh zexal. First we found a image on the internet and saved it to the computer. Then we opened up the cutting software and turned on the machine. After That we made a outline around it so it would cut the sticker out. Then we peeled the excess plastic and then we put transfer tape on.

I designed this coaster for Christmas. What I did was I first drew it on procreate. I drew one layer with the circular outline and the trees and then another layer with the circular outline and the words. After I drew them in procreate, we transferred the design to Corel and cut out the two layers separately. The first time that it was cut out the layer with the words was too thick to punch out the extra wood from the design so it had to be cut again. After another one was cut, I glued the two layers together to make the final shape. This was difficult because the words broke off from the outline so I had to glue them separately. After everything was glued, I added ribbon and the ornament was finished! I plan to make more ornament designs in the future.

For my project this quarter, I made a map the Greco-Persian areas in highlight of the Royal Road and how it affected the Persian army in the good ways and the bad. I used the domestic birch plywood on the laser cutter to make this map, which is nine inches in length and five inches in width. The water bodies in the area are all carved out and filled in with blue resin. All the cities and city-states are carved out and labeled. The process was lengthy I hand traced in procreate and then transferred it over. This is the second “take” The one I presented it painted white and the Royal Road and is a lot bigger.

For my maker-space project, I’m currently writing, producing, and playing for a music album. It’s currently going along decently, but I haven’t finished it and it won’t be finished for a long time. I’ve currently written and composed the parts for about three songs, with the mastering and lyrics still to do for all three. One thing.

I’ve learned is that lyrics can be difficult to write, and it’s hard to force music to come. I’ve also learned that most of the music, melodies, and lyrics you write are both the combination of spur-of-the-moment ideas, and the building of several days, weeks, months, or more of ideas all coming together. I’ve also learned how to play certain instruments better, like the drums and keyboard, along with replicating different musical styles and genres.

This quarter I tried to make different things using airplane designs. I tried making a pendant of a Piper Warrior, but it kept failing. I also tried making coasters with outlines of Warriors, Cherokees and Cessna 172s, but nothing came to fruition. The designs are complex enough it is very difficult and time consuming to use them for anything. Hopefully this quarter I am able to use the designs I edited last quarter and finish them, at which time I will share the photos.