Tessellation unit: Finished cut out

After the last three lessons, I finally finished the cut out. I had a few problems while doing this. When I finished the cut out the first time, it had disappeared the next lesson, which led me to starting the process all over again. There was also a great lack of knives to use, so I had to use a scissor when cutting out the design the second time. I was not pleased with the result when using a scissor, so I had redo the process again. When I was finally finished, I carved the desired pattern onto the linoleum.

Tessellation unit: Cut out

As I had made the design of the object for my tessellation in the previous lesson, I was able to proceed with cutting out the design out go linoleum. We were then going to paint the surface of the cut out, and print it onto a sheet of A3 paper. To cut out my design from the linoleum, I first had to trace the outline of the design, and then cut it out using a scissor or knife. After trying both methods, the knife gave a more accurate result, while the scissors made the process faster. I decided to use the knife, as my cut out would contain several small and thin parts, which would need accuracy.

Tessellation unit: Introduction

In this lesson, we were mostly brainstorming and experimenting in different ways how our objects for our tessellation might look. We had been given a method to cut out a pattern from one of the sides f a square, and then stick it onto the parallel side. From this, I was able to make some kind of a bat shape. I found a way to make space between the legs, which would look like horns on the opposite end. I was pleased that I was able to come up with a reasonably good design so quickly, which would make me able to proceed in the next lesson.

Finished with Assassination of Osama bin Laden Sketch

We are now finished with the Osama bin Laden sketch. I was generally pleased with the result exempt from some problems with the green screen which made the finished product look very blurry.  The only scene we are missing now is the Ghadaffi assassination sketch. We will try to keep it short on footage as we only have half a lesson next week.

Finished with the Japan earthquake Sketch

We are now finished with everything up to the Japan earthquake sketch. I was very pleased with the result, especially with the voiceover of Floyd. The next sketch will be the assignation of Osama bin Laden Sketch.

Stop motion project log: Making models an objects in plasticine.

We have decided for our group project to make a stop motion film using plasticine models and objects. My group consists of myself, Simen, Roman and Floyd. Our main guideline for the project is to make a movie regarding events happening in 2011. We are covering these events:

• Winter VM in Holmenkollen
• Assassination of Osama Bin Laden
• The fall of Muammar Gadaffi
• Japan earthquake

I have assigned myself the task of making the plasticine objects.

Evaluation feedback: Time and clocks unit

Piotr: "It's nice, even though the eyes are a bit weird. Make me visualize old times".

Andreas: "Very nice. Wings are well-developed. Hat is nice. diversion of eyes is cool. Could have prevented paint stains on back".

Markus: "Components are connected in a nice way".

Simen "The masterpiece created by sander is one that is impressive. One can argue that it is meant to be ornithologically oriented and that it is very educational in this way though others might argue that this is for entertainment purposes".

Roman:"My personal opinion  stat this sculpture could be used for many different things.

• It could be  a clock
• It could serve as a ornament
• It could possibly be used for pleasuring purposes
• It could be used to kill people (some people have a fright phobia for birds)"

Note: Everything Simen and Roman wrote was written entirely by themselves.

From this feedback I can see that the structure of the sculpture is good, even though I could work a little more to prevent careless mistakes like paint stains. According to Simen and Roman, the sculpture could also serve different purposes. The general feedback suggests my sculpture was successful.