With the end of the semester being around the corner, I would like to say that I truly loved taking this course! It was a really interesting course where I got to do two great projects (the coat hanger with shotgun shells before) and I am glad that I put the time and effort to…

This post is designed to summarize my final project from the beginning, so if you did not read previous posts, this should give you a clear idea of what I am doing and how I am doing it. For my final project, I decided to make a coffee capsules holder for my Nespresso original coffee…

First of all, due to the current state with the COVID-19 virus, I will be traveling back to my country (Saudi Arabia) within about a week. Therefore, I will not have access to my project after I travel as it is going to be shipped in a box separately while I will be put in…

When it comes to aesthetics roots, my roots go back towards the middle east. The aesthetic in the middle east basically falls under the Islamic aesthetic which is mostly inspired by religion, language, and culture. It can be seen in many different forms such as paintings, sculptors, poetry (I think it counts), building decorations, …etc.…

I decided to choose this video because it is something new to me. I know using resin is common sometimes but I did not know you can go as far as your imagination can. In my opinion, watching the video was really calming and satisfying as he keeps making his product look better and better.…

At this time in the semester, I have made some progress in my coffee capsules holder. At this point, and with everything going with the Coronavirus, campus access is impossible. Luckily, I have managed to buy the material I need to work on with the laser cutter at the last minute, and was able to…

After spending about a month of so trying to figure out my design and material, I would say I am happy with my design at this point. Currently, I have a clear idea of what I want to do and how I am going to make it. My project will look something like a box…

For my coffee capsules holder design, I have some constraints that I need to take into consideration to achieve the idea in my head. The constraints are as follow: 1- Aesthetic For this project, I decided to have a modern and luxurious aesthetic. To achieve that, I am planning on buying some fine material that…

After coming up with the project idea, I had several ideas and ways to execute it. So far, I have 3 different ideas that I sketched and still debating between them. Idea #1: A small cabinet/box For this idea, I thought about making a small cabinet with two drawers. The cabinet will probably be made…

I have been thinking a lot recently about making a Nespresso capsules dispenser, but I have not yet had the chance to do so. Therefore, I decided to to make the dispenser as part of this class first, because it is something that is open ended and can be made depending on my personal lifestyle,…

The upcycling project I decided to do is a coat hanger with shotgun shells. Initially at the beginning of the semester, I struggled a lot to come up with an idea that I like. When Prof. Hertzberg introduced the upcycling project, I quickly thought about shotgun shells and how to use them. When I did…

As of last week, I started gathering material for my project. I have found two pieces of wood in the manufacturing center in the ITLL that I will be using in my coat hanger project. Unfortunately, I was unable to find two similar pieces of wood, but this should be fine since I am going…

On Monday 02/03, we had Prof. Greg Whiting as a guest speaker. He presented us with an aesthetic game where we had to connect two random things into a drawing. In a team of 4, we were given the following topics: electric toothbrush + Kaiju (strange creature or giant monster in Japanese), and the final…

To be honest, I was not very sure what I wanted to do for my upcycling project until yesterday. What I struggled with the most was narrowing down the ideas I had because the project has almost no restrictions or guidelines; we can do almost anything we want. Two weeks ago when we first were…

Johann Fanzo is a famous Australian firearms manufacturer. One very unique and a state-of-art shotgun they have manufactured is a four-barreled rifle-shotgun. Personally, I have never seen a firearm that combines a rifle and a shotgun with four barrels, let alone the extremely fine design and fascinating engravings. The firearm is being called the vierling,…