Mini Project (individual) 

Intro to digital fabrication and Material Animation with the laser cutter.

Image: Nervous System

What patterns and structures emerge from chemical and biological processes? Select an organic form or process from nature, and develop it into a physical 3D surface using waffling and stacking techniques.

Materials:

• 2mm Grey Karton

Tools:

• Laser cutter

Software:

• Tinkercad

• 123make (Waffling and stacking/slicing techniques)

• Illustrator

• Processing

  
  

Main Project  (group) 

Image: Michael Hansmeyer

• Investigate a biological, chemical or mathematical form generation process

• Develop a mood board

• Iterate the form generation process with physical models

• Creating an animated material using the zoetrope

• Poster to display the project/processes