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    • DuÅ”anka
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          • Assignment 1
          • Assignment 2
        • 4 | Cutting Supersurfaces
          • Assignment 0 - Zine
          • Assignment 1 - Sample Book
        • 5 | Additive Manufacturing
          • Assignment 0 - Zine
          • Assignment 1 - Mold documentation
          • Assignment 2 - Molds
        • 6 | Untoolkit: Electronic Inputs
          • Assignment 0 - Zine
          • Assignment 1 - Antiprimadonna's
          • Assignment 2 - Working circuit
        • 7 | Transforming: Molding and Casting with Bioplastics
          • Assignment 0 - Zine
          • Assignment 1 - Intro
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            • Experiential toolkit
            • Material properties sheet
            • Future applications
            • Reflection
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          • Assignment 0 - Zine
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      • 15 | Making fake water
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      • 16 | Making a cherry blossom tree
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      • 17 | Expo plan & Clouds
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      • 19 | Research zine 2.0
    • Kaz
      • 1 | Kick-Off
      • 2 | Electronics: Connecting Materials
        • Assignment 0 - Zine
        • Assignment 1 - Paper circuits
        • Assignment 2 - Building a speaker
      • 4 | Cutting Supersurfaces
      • 5 | Additive Manufacturing
      • 6 | Untoolkit: Electronic Inputs
      • 7 | Transforming: Molding and Casting with Bioplastics
      • 8 | Untoolkit: Electronic Outputs
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    • Kim
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      • 4 - Cutting Supersurfaces
        • The making of: The Sample Book
        • Dense - Clear final sample book
        • Zine - Week 4
      • 5 - Additive Manufacturing
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        • Understanding Cura
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        • Zine - Week 5
      • 6 - Coronaweek Untoolkit: Electronic Inputs
        • LDR LED connection with Arduino
        • Zine - Week 6
      • 7 - Coronaweek Transforming: Molding and Casting with Bioplastics
        • Material properties sheet + Experiential toolkit
        • Future Bioplastic concept
        • Zine - Week 7
      • 8 - Untoolkit: Electronic Outputs
        • Output swatch
        • Zine - Week 8
      • Project Page Biodegradable Packaging Bags
      • 11 - Project proposal week
        • Trial of evidence week 11
      • 12&13 - Project Bioplastic Consumables
        • Trial of evidence week 12&13
      • 14 - Reframing week
        • Trial of evidence week 14
      • 15 - Project work
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      • 16 - Reframing and expo prep
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        • 16 - The first test
      • Material Sample 1
      • 17 - Project work
        • 17 - Ironing a bioplastic bag
        • 17 - New method for sticking a bioplastic bag together
        • 17 - How to compost?
        • Trial of evidence week 17
      • 18 - Trial of Evidence
      • 19 - Trial Of Evidence
      • 20 - Trial Of Evidence
      • 21 - Final Expostion
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      • Week 4: Cutting Supersurfaces
      • Week 5: Additive Manufacturing
      • Week 6: Untoolkit: Electronic inputs
      • Week 7: Transforming Molding and Casting with Bioplastics
      • Foam For Material Activists
        • How to protect?
        • To find a material
        • Foam
        • Trail of Evidence
        • Midterm presentations
    • Summer
      • Foto's
      • Midterm presentation
      • Project: Stop touching
        • Project Proposal
        • Inspirational projects
      • Cutting Supersurfaces
      • Additive Manufacturing
      • Molding and Casting with Bioplastics
        • Creating natural dyes
        • Created bioplastics
      • Electronic input
      • Electronic output
    • Thijs
      • Week 1 - Kickoff
      • Week 2 - Electronics : connecting materials
      • Week 2 - Workshop : debugging circuits
      • Week 2 - Making a speaker
      • Week 3 - Processes & Collaboration
      • Week 4 - Cutting supersurfaces
      • Week 4 - Zine editor
      • Week 5 - Additive manufacturing
      • Week 6 - Untoolkit: Electronic Inputs
      • Week 7 - Transforming: Molding and Casting with Bioplastics
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      • Week 02 - Connecting Materials
      • Week 04 - Cutting Supersurfaces
      • Week 05 - Additive Manufacturing
      • Week 06 - Untoolkit Electronics Inputs
      • Week 07 - Transforming Bioplastics
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The making of: The Sample Book

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1. Origami

For the first Dense page I wanted to make something that really responds to each other. I got great inspiration from the book binding lady who showed us this book opening:

So I tried the principle out with a simple yellow paper:

I bought some black 300 gram paper and tried it out for real, but I couln't really figure out how it worked and I couldn't find anything about it on internet.

I dind't figured it out, so I started with a new origami project:

Needs:

  • Paper 4x 5x5 cm

  • Paper photo 4x 4 cm

  • 20 cm paper

  • Glue

I added something extra for a cute surprise. It works great!

2. Cramped Tiger

For this little project I used the laser cutter and some recycled cardboard from the makers lab.

I came on the idea of a lion because of the Japanese garden I had in my moodboard. I saw a lot of Japanese tigers in the Japanese paintings I found so I would love to make something with a tiger.

It had to be a 3D dense effect with a lot of layers, so it would look like if the tiger really was in a dense situation.

Inspiration:

I came up with this design:

So I went to the laser cutter and cut and engraved a beautiful piece for the sample book.

The settings were a little bit more complicated than the settings I showed you before, here is a picture:

Material settings:

I had to add different settings to the scan layer:

As you can see I had to make different layers, so the machine knew what to cut and what to scan/engrave.

Outcome video:

As you can see I made serveral layers which I will glue on top of each other.

I really love the outcome! It has something dark and dense and that's exactly what I had in mind.

Tip: After the laser cutter was finish I wiped it clean with some dry (toilet)paper, else everything becomes a bit black.

3. Connected flowers

Fot the third page I wanted to create a sort of middle point of the dense - clear situation. So I used flowers in a mild origami way. It's a free feeling with a strong connection between every flower.

The tutorial I used was:

Needs:

  • A few papers

  • Glue

  • Decorations (Colorful pens)

  • Scissor

To get an idea of how I did it:

I was a bit unsure if it would really workout the first time I tried the tutorial, but the flower worked and had a really cool effect.

See the end result here:

4. Cohesive birds

The inspiration for the birds also came from the Japanese garden dense moodboard, but I wanted to make the image more clear with just a minimum connection between everything.

So I came up with this design:

Settings:

Mode

Speed

Power

Output

Material

Cut

15

90

Yes

Multiplex 5mm hardhout (wood)

The outcome has turned out fine after some adjustments, because the design is not optimal. A lot of things were cut of and to fragile. I think it's because I wasn't patience enought to check if every line of the design went alright and I ran the laser cutter too fast.

But I had an open mind and worked with the outcome I had. It turned out that it fitted my idea perfectly.

5. Free Sky

I didn't really knew what to do with the last one. So I started to brainstorm about what was not really connected with eachother and what made people truly feel free. I came up with:

  • Nature

  • Moon/Sun

  • Stars

  • Beaches

I started thinking about surfing and hearing the waves. So I started googling some surf inspirations and guess what... Almost all surfers have a mountain tattoo (So says the internet). I never really climbed a mountain, I live in The Netherlands so I think I can't even imagine what a mountain would look like except really high. But I found a really nice image. Waves are directly connected to eachother, but (I think) mountains are not. So I wanted to mix some beautiful mountains with a starry night.

Inspiration:

Design:

Mountains:

I wanted to cut out the mountains and engrave their shapes and textures in it.

Cut settings:

Mode

Speed

Power

Outcome

Material

Cut

15

90

Yes

300 gram paper

Engraving settings

Mode

Speed

Power

Outcome

Scan

400

15

Yes

Outcome:

The cut function didn't really worked on this on, I think the paper might have been a little more thick than I thought it was. So I had to cut the mountains out myself and make some folding lines. But I really love the engraving and the color of it.

Stars:

For this one I used one A4 300 grams paper.

It had the same scan settings as the mountain engravings.

The outcome was amazing! You could even feel the stars a little bit:

Dense - Clear Final Sample book

For the final result see:

Waterfall origami: O [Origami]. (2018). How to make waterfall card easy [Videobestand]. Geraadpleegd van

B, B. [Basteln]. (2017). Pop Up Kaarten maken: Bloem - Bloemen maken van papier - Cadeau maken [Videobestand]. Geraadpleegd van

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5uz7fcU-HA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFkMtX6PX78&feature=youtu.be
Dense - Clear final sample book
Dense - Clear final sample book
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Principle
Try out
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Glue the line
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End result waterfall
Inspiration for the tiger
The ring of fire outlines
Global settings
Material settings
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Let the laser do its magic!
The layers
Tiger 3D outcome
Flower photo tutorial
Design in laser cutter
Free connected birds
Mountain laser cut design
Mountains outcome
In the laser cutter
Engraved stars