{"id":7387,"date":"2023-01-23T22:54:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T03:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/?p=7387"},"modified":"2023-01-23T22:58:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T03:58:00","slug":"breath-animation-charlotte-lamm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/7387\/breath-animation-charlotte-lamm\/","title":{"rendered":"Breath Animation: Charlotte Lamm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Object 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started by choosing my textile media for my first project. I chose a shimmery red yarn. I would describe its character as crazy, all over the place, and vivacious. I wanted to bring it to life by having it dance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought I could make the movement generated by an inflatable transducer a little more sensitive by attaching springs to each of the pouches. I designed a three-part transducer that I imagined would look something like this: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0229-1024x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0229-1024x853.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0229-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0229-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0229-1536x1280.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0229-973x811.jpg 973w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0229-508x423.jpg 508w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0229.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Concept drawing for first project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once I made it, I realized the springs wouldn&#8217;t stand up on their own, they would just flop over. I connected them all at the center and made a big mass of red yarn. After a test inflate, I realized that shorter yarn would result in much less &#8220;dancing&#8221; than longer yarn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"781\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_35BEC237DF55-1-781x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_35BEC237DF55-1-781x1024.jpeg 781w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_35BEC237DF55-1-229x300.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_35BEC237DF55-1-768x1007.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_35BEC237DF55-1-1172x1536.jpeg 1172w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_35BEC237DF55-1-973x1276.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_35BEC237DF55-1-508x666.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_35BEC237DF55-1.jpeg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_8795-2.mov\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The popsicle stick base provided some rigidity for the &#8220;stems&#8221; of the pouches. The Laptop and hand sanitizer are holding the popsicle sticks to the table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was less movement than I expected and certainly less than I hoped for. I wonder if making longer pouches would generate more movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Object 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to make something simpler for my second project. I was interested in adding levers to a little system, so I wondered if I could make a simple object that raised two flags in opposite directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"726\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0231-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0231-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0231-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0231-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0231-1090x1536.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0231-973x1372.jpg 973w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0231-508x716.jpg 508w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_0231.jpg 1274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_8823.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If I were to remake this, I would make the pouches bigger. When they are so small, it&#8217;s hard to control movement and see anything happen. However, the tempo was quite fast for this object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Object 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to make a tower for object 3. I was interested in how this would work, because so far all of the mechanisms I made were just two sheets of plastic heat sealed together in different ways. At first, I thought of one continuous pouch that you would fold accordion-style and then connect together, but I figured this would cause some problems, as explained in the following image:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_11410825A6DA-1-1024x824.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_11410825A6DA-1-1024x824.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_11410825A6DA-1-300x241.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_11410825A6DA-1-768x618.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_11410825A6DA-1-973x783.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_11410825A6DA-1-508x409.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_11410825A6DA-1.jpeg 1126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, I decided to make a stack of donuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_14EECBCE5CBC-1-1024x782.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_14EECBCE5CBC-1-1024x782.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_14EECBCE5CBC-1-300x229.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_14EECBCE5CBC-1-768x586.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_14EECBCE5CBC-1-973x743.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_14EECBCE5CBC-1-508x388.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_14EECBCE5CBC-1.jpeg 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was excited about the shape this would make, and imagined ribbon coming down from the different tiers of the tower, like a cake. I wanted to see each layer lift off the ground, one by one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_8829.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was surprised by how much vertical height I was able to get with this technique. It was really fun to assemble too, alternating layers of inside-sealing and outside-sealing. I think there could be much more to explore with this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Object 1 I started by choosing my textile media for my first project. I chose a shimmery red yarn. 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