Oliver and Matthew were my group members for the Lanterns of Love Project. Matthew and I work surprisingly well together. Our ideas fit together nicely, and we collaborate on work with an equal workload. We each did a similar amount of work for this project and for the larger pieces, Matthew and I would work on it together. Oliver did a large amount of the decorating of the puzzle pieces and he made the AI files for the laser cutter. Matthew and I did all of the questions, the artist's statement, and most things on the computer. I did the cutting of the puzzle piece and the wood burning on it. We each did a pretty fair amount of work.
This project seemed mostly based in humanities with reading Romeo & Juliet, conducting interviews, and documenting our project. Before each interview, we had to write a list of 30 questions and plan out absolutely everything we were to do doing the interview time right down to the minute. Matthew and I did a large majority of question writing and interview planning. Since the project is about how love is perceived in our society, we went back to the 1600's standards of love and read Romeo & Juliet. During our final exhibition, we did performances of talent based around love.
In math/physics, we learned about electricity, how circuits work, and how to design perfect shapes using a compass. On the light box, one side of it had to have a math construction done using a compass with a design of our own creation. We learned how to make certain types of lines and shapes with a compass so we compiled those methods of geometry and input them into our math design to make an art piece. We also learned about watts and energy including how to make a working light switch with a battery, a couple wires, and a button. After making our light up circuits, we placed those into the lanterns so the inside could glow outwards.
In engineering is where we did all of the constructing of our puzzle pieces, the decorating, and the laser cutting. I did most of the cutting and designing of the Adult Puzzle Piece which we made to represent the adults we interviewed. We learned how to use band saws, jig saws, and power drills to create our art pieces to put on display. My group and I drew symbols for the side designs of the lamp then translated them into Adobe Illustrator to then send them to the laser cutter. The puzzle piece had to be cut manually using any tool that we learned for the project. We also learned more on how to finalize a circuit with a lightbulb.
I feel my group worked pretty well with collaboration since we respected and incorporated each other's ideas pretty well into the final product. We also worked pretty efficiently so we were almost always on top of our work and completing it on time or before we had to. Considering our content knowledge, I'd say it's relatively extensive. We all know how to use the power tools properly for what we needed to achieve and we each have more knowledge in building rapport when in an interview setting. I feel like I am pretty strong when it comes to interviews and conversations. When it came to writing the artist's statement, I feel I also did pretty well on that. An area I still need to improve on is using Adobe illustrator because I'm a bit rusty when it comes to preparing digital images to be sent to the laser cutter. All in all, this was a fun and straightforward project that I liked.
This project seemed mostly based in humanities with reading Romeo & Juliet, conducting interviews, and documenting our project. Before each interview, we had to write a list of 30 questions and plan out absolutely everything we were to do doing the interview time right down to the minute. Matthew and I did a large majority of question writing and interview planning. Since the project is about how love is perceived in our society, we went back to the 1600's standards of love and read Romeo & Juliet. During our final exhibition, we did performances of talent based around love.
In math/physics, we learned about electricity, how circuits work, and how to design perfect shapes using a compass. On the light box, one side of it had to have a math construction done using a compass with a design of our own creation. We learned how to make certain types of lines and shapes with a compass so we compiled those methods of geometry and input them into our math design to make an art piece. We also learned about watts and energy including how to make a working light switch with a battery, a couple wires, and a button. After making our light up circuits, we placed those into the lanterns so the inside could glow outwards.
In engineering is where we did all of the constructing of our puzzle pieces, the decorating, and the laser cutting. I did most of the cutting and designing of the Adult Puzzle Piece which we made to represent the adults we interviewed. We learned how to use band saws, jig saws, and power drills to create our art pieces to put on display. My group and I drew symbols for the side designs of the lamp then translated them into Adobe Illustrator to then send them to the laser cutter. The puzzle piece had to be cut manually using any tool that we learned for the project. We also learned more on how to finalize a circuit with a lightbulb.
I feel my group worked pretty well with collaboration since we respected and incorporated each other's ideas pretty well into the final product. We also worked pretty efficiently so we were almost always on top of our work and completing it on time or before we had to. Considering our content knowledge, I'd say it's relatively extensive. We all know how to use the power tools properly for what we needed to achieve and we each have more knowledge in building rapport when in an interview setting. I feel like I am pretty strong when it comes to interviews and conversations. When it came to writing the artist's statement, I feel I also did pretty well on that. An area I still need to improve on is using Adobe illustrator because I'm a bit rusty when it comes to preparing digital images to be sent to the laser cutter. All in all, this was a fun and straightforward project that I liked.