Tri State Area

One day I got super bored and didn’t have a project to do. After spending nearly the entire time trying to find what to do, I eventually found two pencils and a random ball of light blue yarn and decided to use them to knit. I decided not to do a particular design, but it will be finished when the yarn runs out. This project is very relaxing and fun to do. It provides a nice break from stressful stuff. So far, I think I’m halfway through the yarn or close to halfway. By doing this project I learned that it’s really easy to find the basic materials for knitting and starting.

This week in maker’s space I worked on planning a seat upgrade for my car, which is a Fiat 500. The new seat is made in Italy and the company is Italian. It is a bucket seat and I want to upgrade to it because it’s cooler and safer. I made sure to measure the dimensions and the height of the seat compared to the old seat. I also investigated the bolt sizes to make sure they fit the brackets. I figured out which tools I would need. Most of the bolts are 16 mm and 10 mm. I have all of the information I need to order the seat when I have the money to buy it.

I made some wooden replicas of some monuments from around the world.

I used some scraps from the scraps pile and hot glued things together.

I made the pyramids of Giza, the Chicago bean the Kilianan nuclear powerplant, and the Gagarin monument. Even the Obelisk of Piazza Navona.

For my makerspace project, I am using an old white board to create a painting. The painting is of a bouquet of flowers. Specifically seven flowers, each one representing the symbolic flower of each continent. The bouquet is intended to symbolize unity amongst our earth and amongst different cultures. After eliminating multiple medias, I ended up using paint pens to color the bouquet. After painting the flowers, I annotated them with the continent they represent.

For my Makerspace project I decided to make a chess board but that turn out so I switch over to a magnetic knife board with the wood that was for the chessboard. The first step to making was cutting the wood on the table saw then I laser cut my family’s farm logo on the front. Then I decided the holes that were going to drilled into the back to hold the magnets. Next I loaded the file up on the CnC machine and cut it out then I filled the holes the holes with a small amount of epoxy and place the magnet. I put the epoxy in so it would hold the magnets in place. Then it was complete. It is tied into the international interim because I am going to put Japanese style knives on it and display them also the knife with fish design is a knife made by morakniv which is a Swedish company.

here is a picture

I Helped Peter with his project which is this teardown diagram of an iPhone 5. I helped with some of the gluing of the frame, the teardown of the phone, and other various steps. The way that this project is international themed is the phone was made in foreign countries such as China, Japan, and Taiwan, and then it was designed in Apple in California.

Title: Bridging Cultures: Crafting a Paper Flute Experiment

Recently, I decided to try something unique: making a flute out of three pieces of A4 paper. Inspired by creativity and innovation worldwide, I followed tutorials from different corners of the globe to fold the paper into shape.

However, when I tried to play it, all I heard was the sound of rustling paper. Despite this, the experience taught me valuable lessons about patience and the importance of trying new things.

While my paper flute didn’t turn out as expected, the journey reminded me of the universal language of creativity and the joy of exploring ideas across borders. It’s a small experiment, but it speaks volumes about the beauty of global collaboration and the endless possibilities that come with it.

For my makerspace project I decided to work on prayer hands that I left unfinished the last interim week. Searching on Pinterest for nearly five minutes I had come across a take on prayer hands -I myself am not religious, but if the art piece seems challenging in any sense at times it sparks my interest. Sketching and marking the art out took little to no time, shading is the only thing that is taking much longer than anticipated. I assume at some point I’ll have to take the board home to finish it, and if it is pretty enough I might just keep it at home instead of keeping it in the Makerspace like intended.