{"id":7290,"date":"2022-02-02T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/?p=7290"},"modified":"2022-03-09T14:28:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T19:28:56","slug":"kavya-improvisation-inflatables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/kavya-improvisation-inflatables\/","title":{"rendered":"Kavya &#8211; Improvisation Inflatables"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For my first inflatable, I had no idea how to start as I had never worked simply with plastic bags and tape before, nor did I know much about inflatables, so I just wanted to try random things and see where it went and critique and improve on the second and third pieces. What I did was start by picking a few colored bags that I thought went well together, and then cut arbitrarily sized and shaped pieces out of these bags. Then came the hard part: actually trying to tape these pieces together to create a full inflatable. I decided to use black duck tape to keep with the color scheme, which I learned quickly was tiring to cut to workable pieces. The taping was much more challenging than I expected, and one obvious lesson I took away from this was <em>bigger is better.<\/em> Trying to tape 20 small pieces together was not only hard with my clammy fingers as I got stressed, but also resulted in a super small inflatable that didn\u2019t feel correctly sized for the time and effort endured. However, I really liked the final result and the process of experimentation I used in the first piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071-656x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7723\" width=\"409\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071-656x1024.jpg 656w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071-768x1199.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071-984x1536.jpg 984w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071-1312x2048.jpg 1312w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071-500x781.jpg 500w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071-800x1249.jpg 800w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071-1280x1998.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071-1200x1873.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2071.jpg 1563w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 85vw, 409px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"893\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-893x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-893x1024.jpg 893w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-768x881.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-1340x1536.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-1786x2048.jpg 1786w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-500x573.jpg 500w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-800x917.jpg 800w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-1280x1468.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-1920x2201.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2078-1200x1376.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-1024x919.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-1024x919.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-768x689.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-1536x1378.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-2048x1837.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-500x449.jpg 500w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-800x718.jpg 800w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-1280x1148.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-1920x1723.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2081-1200x1077.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/0afe69e6-b876-4551-aebc-ffa6713604f3\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready to start the next piece, I now knew <em>planning is key.<\/em> I was not ready to sit there for hours figuring out what piece fit well with which as I did the first time, so before I started I planned out what I wanted to make, what pieces were needed, and which pieces would tape to which. I wanted to try out different types of materials, so my next challenge was working with target bags and scotch tape. I really wanted to use the target circles so I cut two of those out, and decided I would make a symmetric connector between these two targets which would be what was inflated. This took 4 white rectangles of the target bags taped together into one long strip. I was unsure how well the scotch tape would perform at first, but it held on to the target bags well. I also was uncertain about the quality of the target bags as they kept getting small holes in them, so I was very gentle with the plastic and recut pieces when necessary. I also experimented with a pleating technique which I thought looked pretty during the taping process, but it wasn\u2019t really visible when inflated so I wasn\u2019t sure it was worth the extra effort. What I liked about this piece was how easily it inflated despite the flimsy plastic and being able to experiment with new taping techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2323-2-copy-1024x731.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7304\" width=\"407\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2323-2-copy-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2323-2-copy-800x571.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 85vw, 407px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2328-2-copy-2-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7305\" width=\"529\" height=\"394\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2318_2-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going into my third inflatable, I wanted to continue experimenting with different sizes, shapes. and patterns. As a person who loves patterns and symmetry, I wanted to create a checkerboard design with the plastic and make it sort of like a hot air balloon or parachute for the inflatable. What I did not realize was how much tape would be required to secure the design, and this ended up being a flop as the checkerboard square had a lot of weight to it by the end and it could no longer be the top of my design. I then thought about how I could change my design to extend horizontally instead of vertically. I created elongated pieces from the plastic in layers, connecting the large square to a small radius tube that would connect to the straw. Some problems I ran into were reducing the radius which I achieved with some pleating techniques to bunch the wider fabric into a smaller size. I also ran out of the pink tape pretty quickly, so had to work with different styles of tape and their different thicknesses and stickinesses. Overall, I liked how this inflatable turned out despite learning <em>tape is heavy<\/em> and can impact the inflatable-ness of the plastic. I was glad I got to try a variety of techniques and work with many different materials during this process and going forward. I will take all the lessons I learned from this assignment when we start to make larger inflatables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-1024x1004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7726\" width=\"298\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-1024x1004.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-768x753.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-1536x1506.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-2048x2008.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-500x490.jpg 500w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-800x784.jpg 800w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-1280x1255.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-1920x1882.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2088-1200x1176.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 85vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2288-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2275-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7727\" width=\"257\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2275-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2275-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2275-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2275-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2275-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2275-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2275-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2275-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_2275-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 85vw, 257px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_2272-1.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my first inflatable, I had no idea how to start as I had never worked simply with plastic bags and tape before, nor did I know much about inflatables, so I just wanted to try random things and see where it went and critique and improve on the second and third pieces. What I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/kavya-improvisation-inflatables\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kavya &#8211; Improvisation Inflatables&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290"}],"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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7290"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7734,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290\/revisions\/7734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2022a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}