{"id":6908,"date":"2022-01-24T19:17:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/?p=6908"},"modified":"2022-01-24T19:18:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:18:47","slug":"catherine-yu-improvisational-inflatable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/catherine-yu-improvisational-inflatable\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Yu \u2013 Improvisational Inflatable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I First started with just two colors and cut into small pieces of irregular shapes. I was curious to see the effect of connecting irregular shapes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6921\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/?attachment_id=6921\" class=\"wp-image-6921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0623-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But I soon realized that it is very difficult to connect and tape irregular shapes together, and in order to close it, I added a piece of red plastic to it. This piece turned out to be more &#8220;regular&#8221; than I expected. I also ran out of the given tape during the first piece, so I used packaging tape for the rest of the assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-fish-com.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6912\" data-link=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/?attachment_id=6912\" class=\"wp-image-6912\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Original Speed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-fish-fast-com-1.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6920\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-fish-fast-com-1.gif\" data-link=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/?attachment_id=6920\" class=\"wp-image-6920\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">2x Speed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For this second piece, I cut the plastic into much larger pieces, and also cut strips to connect the larger ones. I wanted to explore the overall shape so my goal was to make a letter &#8220;C&#8221;, but not the perfect &#8220;C&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really like how this turned out to be, and how the corners affect the overall shape after inflation. I also find it interesting that there is a repeatable directional change when inflated\/deflated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-cat.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6909\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-cat.gif\" data-link=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/?attachment_id=6909\" class=\"wp-image-6909\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Original Speed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For this last one,  I wanted to create a irregular 3D shape. Learned from the first inflated piece, I cut the plastic bags into larger pieces instead of smaller pieces. This time if was  lot more successful and I specifically really enjoyed the final breathing effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-heart1-com-2.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6916\" data-link=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/?attachment_id=6916\" class=\"wp-image-6916\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Original Speed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-heart2-1.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6917\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-heart2-1.gif\" data-link=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/?attachment_id=6917\" class=\"wp-image-6917\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Original Speed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-heart1-fast-com.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6918\" data-link=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/?attachment_id=6918\" class=\"wp-image-6918\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">3x Speed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-heart2-fast-1.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6919\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/improv-inflatable-heart2-fast-1.gif\" data-link=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/?attachment_id=6919\" class=\"wp-image-6919\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">3x Speed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest overall challenge that I had was the air leaking. I tried to use an air-pump to inflate my closed-up pieces, but because I have so many  leakages, the small air-pump that I had was not pumping fast enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another challenge that I encountered was the packing tape being too rigid. As a result, the parts that had too much tapes weren&#8217;t inflating as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I First started with just two colors and cut into small pieces of irregular shapes. I was curious to see the effect of connecting irregular shapes together. But I soon realized that it is very difficult to connect and tape irregular shapes together, and in order to close it, I added a piece of red &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/catherine-yu-improvisational-inflatable\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Catherine Yu \u2013 Improvisational Inflatable&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"categories":[5,37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6922,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908\/revisions\/6922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}