Object 1: Blob that is proud of you

I wanted to build off the 2nd template that we got in class and see if I could make a flapping motion. I started by creating these two structures:

Using smaller volume and rigidity along the vertical produced a flapping/curling motion. I wanted to try to make 2 wings that flapped together and made this structure:

I added a shiny red fabric and cut the ends into strips to accentuate the flapping motion and highlight the fabric’s satiny quality. When I overlaid the fabric, I thought it ended up looking like a blob that was trying to applaud for you, or maybe a flailing pom-pom:

I think the strips on the ends are too short since it’s hard to see that they move. I would have also liked to try to make the flapping motion more clean and make it so the wings actually touch. I would experiment with the spacing and slant of the ribbing next.

Object 2: Bug that mocks you

I tried to build off the pouch template we got in class for this object and wanted to see if I could make more accentuated contraction movement. I made the following structures:

I wanted to see if adding lines along the corners or changing the shape of the pouch did anything to accentuate the contraction. I didn’t really notice much difference. I tried making a chain of 2 hexagons which still didn’t really produce more contraction:

I thought adding ribbons along the sides would result in the most noticeable motion and thought it looked like a hairy bug that is laughing at you:

I think I should’ve experimented with size of the pouch instead of shape to accentuate contraction. The ribbons don’t really move much, so I could experiment with fabric selection more too.

Object 3: Person getting out of bed

I tried experimenting with several other different pouches to see if I could get interesting motion including sealing closed shapes inside the pouches, and making different shapes, but was having trouble creating/finding a third unique motion. I ended up creating this structure:

and experimented with adding rigidity in different places. I found a way to produce both contraction and flapping. This time, I overlaid fabric on the part that contracted and added strips of ribbons on the part that flapped. I hoped that the contraction would produce scrunching and chose another very shimmery fabric to highlight the scrunching. I thought it looked like a person getting out of bed:

I thought this was generally successful in showing both scrunchings from contraction and waving from the flapping. The cardstock held the person up in place though so this one didn’t really have a way to “reset” on its own.

Overall, I had fun experimenting with different motions. I would have further experimented with getting bigger ranges of motion and different types of motions since I wasn’t really able to produce motions outside of contraction and flapping.