book finished.

here are a few shots of the finished book....

glue madness.

after weeks and days of troubleshooting, brad and patrick finally got the matrix working perfectly. with that done, and our book / box combo complete, andrew and i got to work creating the 8x8 alphabet and translating it into code for the matrix to run.

after adding more than gratuitous amounts of glue to the underside of the matrix, it seems that our project (currently titled 'principles with applications') will be ready to present on wednesday.

here are some progress shots....

weekend work.

lots of little things to report on this weekend.

first, finished my 3d paper model of a take-out box for my illustration class. i really wanted to make this huge, but since the largest printer on campus is 42" i had to settle for a box that is only about 11" tall (and still cost $32 to print).

pretty pleased with the way it turned out. also added a bit to the illustration (man jumping off pagoda) - the story of his jump continues on the other sides of the box.

second, finished up the illustrations for my term project in johns class. but after getting some feedback in class on friday, i am thinking of a different way to display the search terms that will in some way more clearly identify (and possibly categorize) the type of people that would make these searches. still brainstorming on this one.

third, i was informed that my design for the redesign lawrence competition was chosen. last i heard the install will happen sometime at the end of this week or over the weekend. the focus was sustainability, and the design will be made of cut vinyl and paint.

lastly, did some brainstorming over the weekend about the show promotion. for some reason i am still really drawn to the suggestive title theme we hit on in class last week. not just because its hilaroius, but i feel that a little sexual innuendo will help draw people in during finals week even more. here is one idea i sketched up.

in other news, working to finish up our box project hopefully by this week (maybe monday). well see how it all comes together.

thats all for now.

-joe.

special problems term project progress.

things are starting to come together for my special problems project. i received the mannequin hands in the mail today. i have almost all the work on the 3 vinyl figures done too. the vinyl portion will go pretty quickly from here on out i think. it will be a challenge trying to fit some vinyl onto the hands though. well see. i will try and drop off the words to be laser cut later this week / next week. for now, here is a preview of my 'google' vinyl figure (without hand, because that will be coming off the wall). as of no she measures about 70 inches tall by 21 inches wide. am looking forward to spending hours peeling this out....

project proposal.

for my final project i want to make use of an old acoustic guitar i have sitting at home. my idea is to set up a series (or maybe just one) infrared beam that goes the length of the neck (where the strings would go). the beam will be captured by an infrared sensor hooked up to an arduino board. when the user passes his or her hand across the beam, thus disrupting the stream, an action will be triggered, most likely a series of video clips, etc. in this case, the resulting display would probably be shown via the sound hole on the front of the guitar.
i have very little electronics experience, so the hardest part will be learning to set up the arduino and getting the sensor to behave correctly (i.e., the bulk of my project). my plan for displaying it would be to have it hung on a wall so people can just walk up and pass their hand through the beam.

picture.

make my picture bigger.