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Something Fishy- My 2D Surface Design Study For my surface design pattern I may have gotten carried away with multiple patterns within the overall but I wanted to include elements from a number of the patters I found on my 'scavenge hunt'. Below are some of the patters I encountered and that caught my eye. I choose this pattern because of the intersection between the natural and the man-made pattern. This pattern too represents a naturally occurring shape, a flower, that is recreated on a lace-like fabric. The zebra striped patterns on this mug caught y eye. The stripes go dark brown when hot tea is poured in so the stand out more. This design is on my new favorite mug, the fish are the inspiration for my 2D pattern and I adapted another pattern to create the scales. Nordic style design, super simple and on a very cozy wool blanket. As you can tell I went to David's tea and found lots of patterns ther...

Papercraft Objects: Final Revision So I very foolishly, and accidentally, deleted my blog posts for OBDF 110 by changing my G Suite account. From now on I will be downloading my blog posts so I have a record! Anyway, I am re-posting some photos here from the projects from last year and some snippets of what I remember from the challenges of the projects. Here is the final revision of my hot air balloon! I had a lot of fun with this project, and watched a few movies during the assembly process.   The inspiration for this object is from an adventure I went on with my mom in Cappadocia, Turkey. We went up at dawn for a hot air balloon ride and it was so peaceful and beautiful, until our rather rough landing! Below are some of the printed layouts and the assembly process. Assembling the basket. Below are some images of cutting out the fire and assembling it as well as connecting the fire, the basket, and the support t...