Meghan Roach - Mini Golf

For the mini golf project, my group was me, Hallie, Lauren, and Andrea. We decided to do something simple but functional. Our theme was "F" for Foundations, using the teacher's faces as obstacles and with a par 4. We used a teeter totter as our mechanical device in the beginning, and our design was in the shape of an "F". We also used colored duct tape to snazz up the project a little bit. I really liked this project, I would have never thought of myself making a mini golf hole, but I'm proud of it :)

Meghan Roach - Topographical Map

For my topographical project, I decided to use cardboard. It's probably the most generic material but I liked the way it came out. I think the map is somewhere in Vermont, but I wish I picked someplace I knew like the Adirondacks. I'm pretty sure I'll do something like this on my own on a smaller scale and frame it :)

Mini-Golf; Casino

We developed our idea on using gravity for a mechanical device and controlling a persons interaction with the golf course.

After setting up a plan for our casino themed golf course we divided up to get all the jobs done.

the process of building and painting went smoothly. And we came up with further details are we put the golf course together.

The only bumps along the way were the wooden dowel breaking, which what allowed the ball to drop out of the slot machine.

However we overcame that with the new solution of placing the dowel lower.

I found this a stressful but fun assignment.

And I was impressed by how ours and everybody else's turned out.

Snow Bridge

I found this project difficult due to the time restraints.

For my group and I had a solid plan.

We created molds for giant ice cubes to create an arch , however, the molds did not freeze all the way though and by trial and error we came up with a plan that would work.

Instead of using water to make ice we used water as a glue to keep the snow packed together.

And we made smaller bricks of snow still using the molds.

Our finished piece we thought about the positive and negative space of the bricks, because essentially we were creating a wall.

perhaps the title of our piece should be "Hole in the Wall"

Topographical map- Kait

While researching for maps I decided to pick a location that I knew little about. I had the intension of researching about my place and incorporate in into my art work.

I selected Lesotho, Africa.

the Information that I used was about their homes that are dome shaped and that their income was primarily diamonds.

However,

My map turned out to be a precipitation map.

Instead of going with the theme of Earth I stretched my piece into a water theme.

I found the part of the map that was outlined to be diamond shaped and because household and income are closely related I decided to place a dome (house) on a square platform (diamond income) with a blue light on the inside of the dome.

I used the lines on the map to create light airy forms that went around the dome on different levels.

The pieces were differed from one and other with stitching

I was not very please with the outcome, i had it pictured differently.

But I found some parts of it beautiful, like when the blue light shone though the delicate blanket stitching.

Topographical Map Lauren Gilson

I decided I would go about this assignment using paper. I was very interested in the system used to illustrate the differentiating heights, and wanted to highlight this interesting layer breakdown. I realized through the beginning steps of making the paper map model that I wanted to involve lighting. I felt that the use of light really accentuated the layers, and at the same time made the map come a bit more alive. Each layer of the map is a sheet of paper with little five sheet spacers in between them, executing the fifty meters to one millimeter ratio. The structure supporting the map that houses the light source isn't ideal, but it is made up of things just from my room, and now to me, I find it interesting how what working with just the things directly accessible turned out.

The Ruins

Nicole, Ashley, Peter, Michelle, and my self created the bridge that follows. Originally our design involved a trough for a foundation for us to work off of. After some more in depth research we realize revision was necessary, so during the first day we had begun creating building blocks once playing around with those we started stacking forming out bridge. The blocks displayed as a ruins theme like collapsing columns, so we then sprayed the bridge down stiffening for the following morning. The next morning after testing the durability for a little bit we were confident with out solum ruins.