Today Becca and I started the day continuing work on our physical model and 3D model. Becca created a three tier structure that she strung string through to represent the placement of the holes. We had done numerous drawings on paper to come up with the best set up for the piece and how to apply the hinges. I continued with the 3D model and focused on the look of the piece. We changed the idea of the piece from just wrapping around the pole to completely covering it. We continued talking about the set up of the installations and the best way to put it together because the hinges made it a little more complicated and we had to think of the movement of the hinges for each. After lunch Becca worked with Rosie on designing the pieces that will hold up the structure while Nathan and I worked on grasshopper figuring out the best way to place the holes for stitching. We had to separate the model into the 3 tier like Becca's model and color code the pieces that moved. I'm excited about stitching up the project tomorrow and putting our final touches on it. 

Today in the collaborative art group we got a large amount of work done. Becca and I started the day by making two different prototypes so we could decide which way to go with our project. I made my prototype with a large piece of wood and cardboard triangles that I had cut out, and I attached them to the wood using hinges and screw to make it interesting. I also made the triangles in different sizes to make it look more artistic. Becca made the second prototype out of a dowel rod and small triangles. She made little pyramids covering the rod which made it more like a sculpture. With the pyramids you also have the ability to open up the hinges and have "secret" places to write. We decided the best prototype was Becca's and began working on that. Becca worked on improving the prototype  while I made a 3D model on Rhino. I'm very excited about the project and we decided instead of making it just pyramids coming off the sides a continuous piece that goes around the whole pole.

Today in the collaborative art group we began to finalize pieces to our projects. We began moving away from our initial idea of the foldable fortune teller and more into an foldable structure piece. After talking with Rosie, she instructed us that the best way to move forward would be to create a structure that would have shapes that would fold out and could be folded in, covering the pole entirely. Becca and I then took that idea and brainstormed for a while what shape to make the places for people to write and we decided on triangles. We laser cut some triangles and drilled them to a piece of wood for a prototype and we will continue working on that tomorrow. I'm getting excited about the project because we now have more of an idea for what we are doing.

Yesterday, Becca and I continued working on our fortune teller structure. The day before we had 3D printed an original design, but we had made the pieces too large resulting in them making a rectangle instead of a square and it could not fold properly. We made the dimensions of the triangles the right size and 3D printed it. We had found a way to drill holes that would make all the pieces connect like when the paper is folded. We thought the best way to connect the pieces was using a stretchy string that is very flexible and allows the pieces to bend in both directions. We really liked the way it looked and realized that you could fold the pieces in many more ways than we expected, making the piece even more interactive. We are really happy with how the process has been going.
 

Today Becca and I continued brainstorming for our Collaborative Art installation. We began focusing a lot more on the guest book idea and how we could make it come together. We initially were going to make it like a book, but after talking with Rosie and Nathan we began thinking of other ways to make the structure. Becca and I brainstormed ideas like a triangle, a cube and an accordion like structure, but our favorite ended up being the fortune teller idea. We both liked the way you could unfold the pieces to write and it was like little secrets because they could be hidden away too. We then began making a model of the structure out of paper and tried different methods for making it. We finished off the day 3D printing triangles that we will put together to model the fortune teller structure in cardboard.
 

Becca and I began the day presenting our initial idea of having the bus stop serve as a blank canvas. We got feedback saying that we needed to be more creative and find a different way to make it more collaborative and challenging for us. After we looked at the ideas that we generated yesterday and ruled out the ones that didn't seem like they would work and elaborated on the ones that could be made into something more. We also got feedback from Rosie to try and find ways to make the art non- permanent so we were looking for different solutions to that like the magnetic mosaic or the letters to peoples favorite celebrities. Nathan and Rosie also made us think about a solution to things being stolen and it being completed quickly so we came up with the idea of a bus stop guest book. The idea is there is a large place for people to write on under the bus stop sign and there will be prompts or places for people to write freely. Tomorrow we will be focusing on how to make the guest book weather- proof and the structure of it.

Today I chose to be a part of the collaborative art project and I'm working with Becca. I'm really excited because I feel like we will work well together and because we have art as our main theme and there's so many different ways for us to do this project. We began the day finishing up our mini projects from yesterday and then presented them. Ethan and I were able to come up with a Fortune Plinko that tells your fortune depending on where the chip lands. After as a collective group we came up with ideas for the installations. We focused on different categories such as art, music, senses, sports etc. Once we went down the list and talked about the many ideas we had generated, we broke off into pairs to come up with more ideas and draw sketches. As a group we all came together to talk about the new generated ideas and chose the project that we would like to work on. I'm really looking forward to getting to work on the collaborative art installation.