Aly Badran
16 posts

Sand Frame: Final Project Report Part 2

I am really happy  with how my project turned out. Finally the long hours of prototyping payed off. I think people at the expo liked my project. I am glad…

Sand Frame: Final Project Report Part 1

Introduction: This part 1 of the final blog post, which unwinds the story behind my Sand Frame project from the inspiration to the final build. Even though building the sand…

Sand Picture Frame 4/6/2016 update.

A quick recap: I am working on the sand picture frame. The frame houses sand, air gaps, water and alcohol. Please check my posts about this project by going to…

Sand Picture Frame Top 5 Constrains

I have started testing last week and am still in the process of determining which sand and liquid medium to use. I am doing these tests before I spend the…

Sand Picture PDR: Aly Badran

Introduction: I have been inspired by the Sand Pictures frames for my final Project. Some call these frames as dynamic/moving sand or magic frames, they really are. As I introduced…

Sand Picture Frames: Aly’s Inspiration

After the great upcycling projects I have seen in class, I feel the bar was raised. Now I really want to come up with a very cool project, but at…

Aly’s Aspirations

Last Wednesday I wrote down the skills that I have and will be happy to help my team with on this page. Last winter I actually compiled a long list…

Aly’s Skill Set

I will be happy to offer my teammates help with any thing related to the following skills I have a lot of experience with 3D printing. I have access to…

Credit/Gift Card Upcyling

  Introduction and Inspiration I was scrolling down on my Facebook timeline one day until I ran into a video of someone recycling old credit/gift cards (traditional plastic card you…

The Chinese Lion Dance

This aesthetic dates back to the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC). The lion dance is one of the most vibrant performance arts that the Chinese history passed along. It was so popular…