To teach myself Grasshopper ‘s – Kangaroo I created these two introduction Tutorials.

2. Kangaroo Wind Simulation

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QQKcmKjESlE

I like the wind movement I will go from here but I need volume to show: a half top, half side view.  I still need to work on changing the light in a pattern on top and on the side.

I got stuck on the Explode: Bang Component in Kangaroo has only 2 outputs. Solution put two underneath each other.

Maybe something like this can help with this light movement in this cube

https://www.grasshopper3d.com/video/aerodynamic-simulation

Aerodynamic simulation 0:30

Aerodynamic simulation~Swing through the wind~write it in grasshopper ~enjoy~Tags: simulation, AerodynamicDixon

movement of light in cube

I also like to add music

I was not so lucky Wednesday, Oct 31 I finally got to work on the Introduction tutorial in KAngaroo 1 at Open works, Friday I came back and Force and Kangaroo were missing again from Grasshopper.

on Wed at MICA I discovered that Grasshopper is running with a higher version 2 Kangaroo which is completely different and I can’s use it for the Intro tutorial and the Wind simulation. Waiting for OPen works to install it properly!

In order to make a weave based on Balinese offerings I need to use Kangeroo.,

My second idea is to visualize the wind blowing in a rice field.

When I was in Balu in 1978 for the first time I drove by a rice field and was mesmerized by the wind blowing through a paddy field. I stopped and observed the flow of life it seems. While the rice swayed in the wind the light changed and made it very dynamic.

I like the calming effect it has on me at the same time it is a powerful movement and progress and continuation in life is prominent. Showing a movement front to back and left to right showing the light changing and flowing through the field.

The below example is not exactly what I want to show, but it shows the search.

“Sounds of wind and rice by” ccotocc, Published on Aug 4, 2012

The following is more the movement I like to create:

Sounds of winds and rice plants by Shiba West, Published on Sep 9, 2017

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVmHmY93MWg

What is visible in this example is the “pattern of light” on top of the field moving  from  left to right and front to back.

 

However, this is a picture of wind in a cornfield it is this light I am looking for.

Maybe accompanied by this bamboo music and birds chirping : In “The wind in Corn,” you can see the light changing better because the leaves are longer.

see it at 49 seconds.

Wind blowing – Bob Dylan

Published on Aug 4, 2012

I picked to show you these artworks because they related to the work we do in the Design Fiber course at MICA.

James Carl: oof

Work by James Carl

About DWW

Caroline Stevenson

MODUS MODUS

• Project
• Agenda

About the collaborators:

Ruby Hoette is a designer/researcher. Her critical and experimental approach proposes alternate modes of engaging with and producing fashion. By framing the garment as a unique artefact carrying traces of social, cultural and economic interactions and transactions her work explores fashion in context and unpicks the complex relationships between object and system.

Caroline Stevenson is a London based curator and writer working at the intersection of fashion and art. She works closely with emerging and established artists to research and develop new projects and to create space for experimentation, dialogue and exchange. She has produced projects and programmed events for Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, ICA (London), Tate Modern and Tenderbooks (London). Caroline teaches in the Cultural and Historical Studies department at London College of Fashion and publishes writing on artists’ practices.

Roland Brauchli is an artist graphic designer, working across the fields of print, design and art. He collaborates with artists, writers, curators and publishers on publications and exhibitions through his work, which focuses on the printed page.

TU Delft: Maria Toeters -Wearable Senses (WS)

Creating an approach for the design of smart textiles is almost a design process in itself.

How do you describe your lab to visitors? Wearable Senses (WS) focuses on designing close-to-the-body interactions, specifically designs that incorporate wearable computing or smart textiles. It is a community that feels like an emerging multidisciplinary culture, where practitioners from research, education, and industry help and challenge each other on a continual basis.

What is a unique feature of your lab? Wearable Senses aims to integrate research, education, and innovation. Students work in close collaboration with the WS staff and are encouraged to explore design opportunities hands on, which is visible in the open space where students, staff, and coaches work together. However, the focus on intelligent products and systems distinguishes the approach of WS from, for example, textile and fashion schools that offer courses on smart textiles. In line with our educational principles, we advocate a competency-centered and research-through-design approach. This approach can be seen as an iterative transaction between design and research in which skills, knowledge, and attitudes are generated through cycles of designing, building, and experimentally testing experiential prototypes in real-life settings. This approach is supported by the availability of the tools and materials in our TexLab. Our students and staff not only have the opportunity to work with a variety of textile techniques, such as sewing, knitting, and weaving, but also can use soldering stations to directly integrate electronics into textiles. Further, a materials library provides high-end innovative textile and electronics materials

What is one feature of your lab that you could not do without? From this process, we gained a better awareness of the real challenges within this field. We are sure we have identified some necessary ingredients, such as appropriate ways of field testing, interacting, and bringing all the stakeholders together.

Figure. Construction and finished detail on Vibe-ing, a merino wool garment that invites the body to feel, move, and heal through vibration therapy.

Comments on Presentation:

1. Show the interest of your topic in the first line.
2. Background environmental pictures are important to explain how it makes it you,
3. Bring people into the personal
   1. when I was sitting on the kitchen table and the light came in… etc.
   2. show the human quality, then the reader opens up
4. Say something that we will remember you buy. Image what you said
5. Clear observations/ research question, how did it help to narrow it down
   1. where do you need to work on
   2. Makes it more clear what to work on
   3. helped to develop the concept further

How did this presentation help you:

1. to narrow it down
2. to create a personal research question, also focus on the technical part
3. develop it further
4. a framework of the slides
5. 100 ideas when you write things down you can actually begin, now you can edit it. a way of a process.
6. the last slide brings it all together, this is where you want to walk away with

“You have to set boundaries to be creative” by Jonathan Williams

Set up a process for your self, which guides you to your interests.

• Process journal :

1. research the prototype, more interested in the past,
2. feed it constantly
3. collaboration helps you getting things clear because you have to explain your ideas to someone else

Rehearse your talk

You are your own collaborator this way. You can also present to your friends. Hold a stone in your hand if you need to.

• Try not to say uhm.., but find a word to replace it such as nevertheless.
• Share the skills you already have
• Embed your video, or let it play by itself with a time.
• Think about why you make this, how does it make a difference>
• Work on your Pitch:

Someone wants to believe in you, Have your pitch ready for people to invest in you!

“Without art, there is no society” _ Paul Mirel

Review presentations with George

A typical photo, nice intro

How to develop the whole process visually

Consistent between each one: image text and graphics

Most successful

Skills sets in presentations

• Do not look at your notes
• Do not look at the screen
• Hello/Hi Greet the audience
• Do not apologize for any image
• Page image1 layer on
• Always comment on each image
• used illustration / sound animation show your skill set

OPEN WORKS – Final exhibition

Images of the exhibition,

Fabricated Frames; a screen with photos and text and a table with your creation, this is how it looks like:

Realize it is small but this is the format we go with.

Team maker project by Marcia Montiel Ways, ways for college students to interact. Pitching some workshops at Open Workds, exchange with MICA

Theresa “Nacho” Montiel | MICA MFA in Community Arts Artist-in-Residence

• nacho@openworksbmore.com

Ryan: add Kangeroo with Grasshopper 6

Harrison Tyler | Digital Operations Manager

• harrison@openworksbmore.com

• McCarter Fellows, name and professional goal
• Include which impact it has on people.
• Action picture

1. Background: what and why? 2. Practices, 3. InfluencePecha Kucha (chit chat) technique from Japan: fun, fast and interesting. The approach limits the presentation to 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide – a maximum of 6 minutes 20 seconds.

• Stay to the point, please
• Now – > Execute (cartoon, animation)
• detail each stage,
• Before and After, show your process!
• Embed your video, be creative!
• Social Media on the last slide: promote yourself! or even promotional material
• Context, Punchline
• Get the audience to think about it.
• How do you make it memorable?

Who are you?

What do you make?

What is your Topic of Interest?

What is your Medium?

What is your question?

• Who are you?
  • text on slide: name, major, graduation year
  • an image on the slide: a picture of yourself that isn’t totally boring, and ideally relates to what you are going to talk about in this slide
  • what to say:  your name, something about yourself that the audience can connect to and remember, ideally related to your project
• What do you make? 
  • text on slide: optional
  • an image on the slide: an image of your work
  • what to say: Tell us about your creative background and an example project or skill relevant to your research project.
• What inspires you?
  • text on slide: optional –
  • an image on the slide: an image of/ related to what inspires you, may reference another contemporary artist/practitioner, a natural phenomenon, etc
  • what to say: go beyond why something is interesting or great, get to why it inspires you to work
• What is your topic of interest?
  • text on slide: an optional
  • image on the slide: an image that represents your topic of interest somehow.
  • what to say:  Explain your topic to establish a frame for your research question. Be concise.
• What is your research question? 
  • text on slide: Your concisely worded question.
  • an image on the slide: optional, don’t clutter it up too much
  • what to say:  your question (the one time it is okay to just speak what is written on the slide
• What will you make to pursue an answer to your question?
  • text on slide: optional- steps
  • image on the slide: a sketch, a related example, something that defines the problem-space
  • what to say:  Describe what might you make in pursuit of this question. Outline some steps regarding research, prototyping, and production. Call out any needs for skills and knowledge – perhaps these could be addressed be people in the audience through sharing, collaboration, or providing resources.

Using natural material for 3 D printer, water soluble so it also degenerates, like the daily Balinese offers.

What are bio-degradable 3D Printer?

3D Printing Materials: The Pros and Cons of Each Type

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/3d-printing-materials,news-24392.html

Conclusion: PLA, one of the most common 3D printing materials, is biodegradable

Q: I know at MICA they have a material, I need to check if it is biodegradable?

Guide to Green 3D Printing – 4 Ways to be More Sustainable!

https://pinshape.com/blog/guide-green-3d-printing/

“Biodegradable- According to the FTC’s Green Guide, for something to be biodegradable, it must show evidence of breaking down in nature until microorganisms digest it and it returns to the earth. This process must happen  in a reasonably short period of time after disposal. When something is just degradable, it means that it will break down into smaller pieces and will not necessarily be digested by microorganisms.

Compostable– This means the material will completely biodegrade fast enough in a certain environment. Compostable plastic will have three features:

1. The material breaks down into carbon dioxide, water, and biomass at the same rate as paper
2. The material fully disintegrates in a compost pile
3. No toxic residues are left and the compost supports plant growth

So which filaments are compostable and which aren’t? The two most common filaments to print with are ABS and PLA.  ABS is a thermoplastic that is great for 3D printing because of it’s strength and durability. This material is not biodegradable or compostable, but can be recycled in other ways if you want to re-heat the material to use it again in a filament recycler.

Some PLA is compostable, though it requires a very specific temperature and environment to do so.  It is made from products like cornstarch, sugar cane, and tapioca root so it can be absorbed by microorganisms. Experts recommend Makers to not throw their PLA in a recycling bin because it can biodegrade in the recycling process.  One option is to compost your PLA in an industrial facility. Since the conditions in which PLA composts are somewhat sensitive, it’s not recommended to compost it at home. ”

4 Ways Makers Can Be More Eco-Friendly

1. Use bio-degradable or compostable filament & dissolvable support material:

If you can’t avoid supports, try using a water soluble filament to print your supports. PVA (Polycinyl Alcohol) filament will dissolve when exposed to water & is not sent to our landfills. PVA works well to support both ABS or PLA prints but you will need a duel extrusion printer for this to work effectively.  HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene) is another material that dissolves in Limonene solution which makes it a great candidate for supports.

There are a number of filaments on the market that are more sustainable than the ABS alternatives. Filaments like Willow Flex are compostable by both EU and USA compostability standards and others are made from recycled material like 3DBrooklyn‘s line of filaments made from recycled potato chip bags and milk cartons. 3DOM USA has a line of beer filament made from waste byproduct from the beer-brewing process.   It’s great to see new eco-friendly filament materials on the market but it’s not totally clear what is the best way to dispose of them.

Algae

https://all3dp.com/1/pla-filament-3d-printing/

Description: It’s green, environment-friendly, biodegradable and feels similar to sandstone. It needs less energy to 3D print this material because the printing temperature is lower than with regular PLA. And this PLA filament is also stronger than most other PLA filaments.

Consists of: Polylactic acid and algae harvested from areas where its excess threatens the environment.

Special property: Sustainable.

Learn more about Algae filament.

PVA is soluble in water: Buy the good one they are two different once, poly vinyl alcohol is soluble, in beads, thread, 3D printer film (like plastic wrap) 

do not use poly vinyl acetate fumes.

It is glue book binding glue. see picture.

The conclusion of today: When I do something about the cycle of life and use elements of Nature, I try not to use plastic products. Perhaps sugar or Gelatine or Cornstarch sheets will work for my object, which I want to let dissolve in water over time.

Sept 26

Presentation Ideas

What is coming up? Important to concentrate on your research _ what do you need?

Be precise, and analyze which skills you lack or have.

1. About you
2. What you make
3. Medium
4. What is your research question  – professional development
   1. Editing only happens when you write it down
5. in 3 lines get to the core, not in circles

George: How to present yourself workshop

What are you shared skills? Collaboration?

1. Area of interest
2. What is your skill set general
3. What is your specific skills set to this project?
4. What skills do you lack?

Some people are Researcher some are Makers

Museum for Design and Art 2018, NYC

I visited the New Fabric where Anchor Ventures envisioned a future that weaves together big data scientists with makers, medical doctors with apparel designers, cut & sew craftsman with artificial intelligence coders.  We looked back at the Textile Industry that once built Baltimore. They envisioned New Mills of tomorrow with technical textiles, smart garments, and wearables.

There were various Baltimore companies with athletic apparel, high fashion and medical devices made with functional textiles. 

Sept 20 MICA exhibit

New Fabric Baltimore Maryland vendors

Keynote: Fred Chanay, Cofounder & CEO at OMsignal

Panel Discussion: Moderated by Ken Malone
Paul Campbell, W. L. Gore & Associates
Randy Harward, SVP | Advanced Materials & Manufacturing, Under Armour
Sammy Hoi, MICA