PAPERCRAFT 2

This is an object that I made by paper through the Rhino software. I made a 3D object by Rhino and unfolded it, and then I print it out, so that I can fold it by the real paper. It is just an object that made from some 6 sides polygon and Loft tool in Rhino. During the process of folding this object, I was having a hard time when I tried to fold the last section of this object because I have to close my object, that is why my object look kind of wry and crooked. Other than that, it was fun and interesting to make this object, and I enjoyed it.

This is the papercraft project. I use Rhino software to draw a 3D image of the objects with the ExtrudeCurve, Loft, Cap, and PlanarCurve. 
 I find it very interesting when I use Rhino to create the objects because after I create them, I can unfold them and make them flat and 2D so that I can print them out the do a papercraft. There is one thing that I find it very hard to do is some of my objects have curve surface, so when I unfold them, don't know how to make them flat so that I can printing them out. There may be a tool to help me do that and I should explore more about Rhino.

Papercraft

There are many ways for the artists to express our idea and feeling through their art works. Papercraft is one of the interesting art way to express idea and feeling, which is included in visual art.

Papercrat is when the artist use the paper to create their artwork. There are many kinds of papercraft which are very interesting and need a skillful hand and a creative brain. Artist can cut papers, glue them, or fold them to make an object or create a picture. The reason why I think papercraft is very interesting is because for me, I think the artworks that made from paper have more dimension and look more realistic.

 

 

On of the papercraft artist that inspires me is Hoang Tien Quyet. He is a professional papercraft artist who use the papers and fold them to make a creature such as animal or human, which called “Origami”. This artist is significant when he use the wet paper and fold them, so that the outline will look more active and softer, and he also create the wavy for the animal by using wet paper. When we use normal papers to fold, there will be many sharp angels and most of them are straight line, which make the artwork looks hard inactive. Therefore, Quyet uses a technique of wet paper folding to make his artworks which allows curves instead of straight line, so that they will look more realistic.

Hoang Tien Quyet inspires me because his artworks remind me of my childhood when I usually use papers and fold them with my dad to create something. I’m very interested in folding papers to make things when I was young since I think that it is the only way for me to create an object beside drawing. I also had some of the Origami tutorial books of Hoang Tien Quyet. When I see his new technique of Origami wet-folding, it give me a soft feeling toward his artworks due to the curves and rounded quality of his artwork. Quyet also inspires me by his skillfulness, meticulousity and hard working because when the paper is not wet enough, it will be dry before he folds it, but if it is too wet, the paper can be ripped or it will stick with other piece of paper. Therefore, I can see his effort and indulgence that he puts into his artworks, and I really like it.

Geometric Patterns Sample Sheet

This is the some geometric pattern I made with Ai. I use some shapes and rotate them. I also uses the offset path tool to make them, and I also use the clipping mask for all of them.

Final Mashup Object

Thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1804843

Tree : http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1196196

Arms: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:587046

This is a combination of a tree and the human arms as the branch of the tree.

I choose this arm tree because I think it look the best, and very cool compare to the other object. When I introduced my object in my group discussion, my classmates said that they liked this object and it looks very cool. They said that this arm tree will be a fancy decoration furniture, and they also said this arm tree can be a very good idea for decoration for Halloween because it looks kind of creepy as well, and they said they will be scared if they go to a house that has this tree, but I don’t think it is that much scary. They also gave me a feedback that I should add some decoration that hang below the arms such as some creepy ornaments, which is a good idea, but I think the tree is good enough and if I add more decoration, it will look messy and unclear.

I choose this arm tree because I think it look the best, and very cool compare to the other object. This is the object that I spent the most time to create it because I had to remove all the tree branches and replace them with many human arms, so it is deserved to be selected.This idea came up in my mind when I saw a tree with many branches, and it just looks like when human has arms. It related to Remix Culture when I combine the arm, which is a human's element and a tree to create this furniture. Tree without branches will look solitary just like human doesn't have arms will looks empty and not balance. Therefore, I saw the similarity between the tree branches and human arms, and I decided to combine tree branch and arms to create this arm tree. 

Also, the human arm has the shape same with the tree branch shape, so it would be fit if I replaced the arms with the tree branches. This can be a useful furniture when we can hang stuff on the "arm branch" of the tree just like a human arms is holding something. In short, I think this object is the one that I like the most because it looks very cool and I spent lots of time to create it.