Abstract balloons

Tech Cafe

I experienced problems with this workshop because of the technical things and the fact that I hadn’t used the software before. Towards the end of the workshop, I got the hang of it although I kept having problems. One of them being when we were creating out 3D images, I didn’t realise that we had to take about 40 images so I only took 11 pictures of the balloons and therefore the image came back all distorted and abstract. However I could see this image in print or printed on fabrics.

Burnt Plastic

Lazer Images

Problems

I couldn’t use some of the materials I had originally chosen because the aluminium wouldn’t cut and the tin foil would rip. So in the end, I had to use the foam and plastic but even then I was facing difficulties because as I was cutting the plastic, it started to burn and the foam didn’t cut all the way through. However, the foam did end up looking pretty good as the laser gave it an engraved look. Another problem I came across was when I was taking out the finished pieces, I noticed that the plastic had burnt as all of the edges were brown but this did create a different effect. Also I didn’t realise that I added an extra line on illustrator which cut all the way through my plastic; I thought that my shapes were destroyed but it made the plastic more unique as when I hung them in the air, it created more unusual shapes.

Materials

Lazer Cutting

With the laser cutting, I was more anxious about the materials I was going to use because there are health and safety rules. Some materials cannot be used because some can’t be cut through and others may catch fire. Therefore I had health and safety to think about. I decided that I would take all the materials I would like to use, to the laser cutting room, to see what Adan thought about them. The materials I took down were: foam, tin foil, plastic and aluminium trays.