What you should have at your midterm

1. Your blog fully populated with: Image grid, artist poster, research images, animation, silhouetted body forms with vinyl designs, images of your laser cut hydraulic die and test pressings, H-pattern ring and cut out model.

2. Your laser cut vinyl wearable. You should have full color, high quality photos that are mounted on board. The photos should be professional! Find a model! Have them put on appropriate clothing. Use photoshop to edit imperfections. Have your photo/piece ready for midterm. 

Offset path

Symbols> Heirloom

Live paint

Raster/Vector

Transform>Move, rotate, reflect, scale and shear

extrude and bevel

Revolve

Rotate

Arrange

E-street plastics

Master file>tab and slot cutting

material thickness


Guidelines for portraits

1. Clean presentation
2. what you are wearing under the piece matters
3. clean it up (use photoshop)
4. find a model if you need one
5. Don't use your iphone (find a camera, we have one in the tool room)
6. Print it larger than 8.5" x 11" (maybe 11" x 17") 
7. Use a good printer (quality, quality quality)
8. Mount the print (don't just pin it up or lay it on the table)
9. If you need help please ask
10. Do not wait till the last minute 

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Vinyl cutting and salt water etching

http://theartescapeplan.blogspot.com/2011/04/electro-etching.html

Chain, chain, change (mini project)

Assignment Brief: 

Create a laser cut chain using plexi glass and Ponoko

                                                       

Learning outcomes: 

Students will make a unique chain using illustrator and

ponoko.com

Skills list:

Illustrator: importing templates, testing in house and then

outsourcing to Ponoko

It has to have links.  It all has to be laser cut.