Nicole Leon-Molina

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Summing Up 2020

April 29, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Summing Up 2020

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This semester I learned about the value of aesthetics. A properly expressed aesthetic gives the artwork, object, film, book, etc. a tone of it’s own. While being predominantly interested in the steampunk aesthetic at the beginning of the semester, I learned to explore other forms and contexts through my own projects and those of my…

Final Project Part 2: Folding Coffee Table

April 18, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Final Project Part 2 2020

Timeline Since I no longer had to create a physical table, my timeline for this project became more relaxed. I was able to step away from the project for the duration of Spring Break and was able to dedicate two full weeks to modeling my table on Rhino 6. I spent the following week creating…

Final Project Part 1: Folding Coffee Table

April 18, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Final Project Part 1 2020

From the beginning I wanted to make something useful and aesthetically appealing. I wanted to make a folding coffee table that that stands at different heights and compresses to be put away. Unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus pandemic and the social distancing policies, I was unable to access the appropriate tools to build my artifact…

Main Project Construction Update: Folding Coffee Table

April 13, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Main Project Construction Update 2020

Thanks to the COVID19 quarantine period I am unable to physically build my table. However, I spent my time creating a detailed 3D model of my design in Rhino and Autodesk Fusion 360. With a base of an oval and extended cylinders, I created a table top and legs for my table. Through McMaster Carr…

Aesthetic Roots: Folding Coffee Table

April 6, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Your Aesthetic Roots 2020

Minimalism I thought that by having an obscurely ovaled table top, copper legs, and a clean finish to my coffee table, that I would be incorporating an organic, steampunk, minimalist aesthetic into my design. In turn, after doing more research and speaking to people, my folding coffee table falls under the minimalist aesthetic. Even though…

Design/Build Video: Evolution Primitive Time

March 31, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Favorite Youtube design/build videos 2020

Evolution Primitive Time is a YouTube channel where two men build structures in the wild with their bare hands. They don’t use any automated tools or special gear. All they have is what the land has to offer and what they can build and create out of it with using only man power. The kinds…

Main Project Design Review Part 2: Folding Coffee Table – COVID19 UPDATE

March 12, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Design Review 2020 Part 2: Timeline and Logistics

Timeline Process I plan to obtain all of my materials on the weekend of March 13-15. The following week will be spent seeking resources and knowledge to put everything together but for the time being these are the steps I am going to take. Measure, cut, and sand table top piece of wood Drill hinges…

Main Project Design Review Part 1: Folding Coffee Table

March 7, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Design Review 2020 Part 1: Detailed Plans

From the beginning I wanted to make something useful and aesthetically appealing. I am taking this opportunity to make a coffee table for myself that will stand at different heights and can be compressed to be put away. Originally, I wanted the coffee table to have four individual legs that bent inward. The table would…

Main Project Top 5 Constraints: Folding Coffee Table

March 4, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Student Work, Top 5 Constraints 2020

Wood Finding an attractive piece of wood that is appropriately sized concerns me greatly. I have a number of saw mills and lumber yards to visit that may have what I’m looking for but even if I were to find the right piece of wood I must be careful when working with it. My chances…

Main Project Aesthetics: Folding Coffee Table

February 26, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Main Project Aesthetic 2020: plans and alternatives

Since I have wanted a coffee table for a long time, I am committing to my idea of a coffee table with folding legs. Although it is intimidating, I know I will learn a lot through the entire process. Minimalism My original idea classifies under the Modern Movement. More specifically, Minimalism. The concept originated in…

Main Project Inspiration: Folding Coffee Table

February 19, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Main Project Inspirations 2020

I want to make something that is both useful and aesthetically appealing. I want to make a folding coffee table. My apartment has been lacking one for over a year now and although I have come across many opportunities to purchase perfectly good coffee tables, none of them meet my three requirements. It must be…

Upcycle Final Report: Egg Shell Egg

February 10, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Upcycle Final Report 2020

Ideation With carved egg shells and clay sculptures covered in egg shells as my initial inspirations, I set out to create a sculpture out of egg shells. Frankly, it was a masochistic challenge to my patience, but in the end, I feel proud and glad to have made something that is not necessarily useful but…

Upcycle Progress: Egg Shell Egg

February 5, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Upcycle Progress 2020

The egg is going so much better than expected! Among my materials I have: egg shells (tanned and white) white cloth balloons paint brush Elmer’s Glue Also, not pictured, I used a plastic cup to hold my egg in place, a lid to pour the glue, and a hair tie to secure the cloth around…

Guest Lecture – Greg Whiting

February 5, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Student Work

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With Greg Whiting we explored an ideation technique in which we picked a noun from one small box and an aesthetic from another. Regardless of their randomness, our task was to pair them together and redesign that noun with the aesthetic that we drew. After 10-15 minutes we were asked to draw our new design…

Upcycle Inspiration: Egg Shell Egg

January 29, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Upcycle Inspiration 2020

For a while I had my mind set on making something useful. I kept struggling to find materials to efficiently replace, enhance, or re-imagine things that I already owned so I decided to settle on making a sculpture of some sort. Again, finding sufficient materials has been a limitation but I eventually decided on making…

Aesthetic Exploration: Steampunk

January 22, 2020

Nicole Leon-Molina

Aesthetic Explorations 2020

Steampunk is a branch of science fiction of a futuristic reality that embodies heavy machinery and steam engines rather than advanced technology. The Steampunk aesthetic is rustic and calls to the tinkering individual who plays with gears and gadgets. It alludes to historical elements from the 19th century Victorian Era with retro-futuristic inventions. If our…