Rachel Grosskrueger

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Infinity Mirror Clock Final Report Part 2

April 26, 2016

Final Report Main Project 2016

I really liked the pace of this project. Whenever I had enough free time I could devote hours to working on this project then set it aside for a while once my other classes started to require the majority of my time. This down time gave me the opportunity to reflect on my current progress…

Infinity Mirror Clock Report

April 20, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Final Report Main Project 2016, Student Work

For my final project, I wanted to make a piece that could transform into something unexpected. I wanted to create something that people would never know what it actually was or what it could do until they saw the transformation and interacted with it. After looking online for some project ideas, I came across the…

Infinity Mirror Clock Update

April 13, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Update Weds April 13 2016

So now that the majority of my project is complete, all I have left to work on is improving the visibility of the clock when the LEDs are off. What I am currently working on is painting on a glow powder that is supposed to glow for 12+ hours after enough exposure to light. The…

Infinity Clock Update

April 6, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Update Weds April 6 2016

Since last post I was able to wire the lights to run on battery power and hide all the chords/wiring behind the back of the clock! This now gives it that clean look I really wanted and helps hide what this clock really can do! Back and Front of Infinity Mirror clock My biggest goal…

Infinity Mirror-Clock update

March 29, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Impact of 20th Century design movements plus update Weds March 30 2016

As anticipated, because I was out of the state for the entire break up until today I was unable to do any work on the clock this past week. However, since this was planned and anticipated at the start of the project, this does not set back the project. The next step is to begin…

Infinity Mirror Clock project update 1

March 16, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Student Work, Update Weds March 16, 2016

So far I have about 80% of the project done. The mirrors work so well when they are turned on and definitely create the desired infinity effect! The big things I need to figure out are how to 1, get the clock to be more apparent when the LEDs are off, 2, wire the LED…

Infinity Mirror Clock Constraints

March 9, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Student Work, Top 5 Constraints 2016, ZZ 2016

After developing roughly 60% of the infinity mirror clock, these are the constraints I have run into that I need to overcome in order to achieve the desired aesthetic and initial impression. Rewiring the lights to run on a battery pack rather than 120V household electricity Also maximizing the battery life so that I am…

Infinity Mirror Design Review

March 1, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Main Project Design Review 2016, Student Work

My goal for this project is to create an infinity mirror that follows a certain aesthetic theme which will really help add to the illusion of the mirror. With that, my teammate Sreyas recommended a “time” theme, explaining how time is infinite much like the infinity mirror. After many dead ends in creativity and uniqueness…

Rachel’s Design Project Inspirations

February 23, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Main Project Inspirations 2016

A few weeks ago I was looking for some inspiration for this design project and was having zero luck with finding something I actually wanted to make and would keep. Somehow I managed to stumble across an Infinity Mirror and instantly knew that this would be my project. The infinity mirror is a regular mirror…

Aspirations – Rachel

February 16, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Aspirations 2016, Student Work

With this being my last semester at CU I can definitely look back and feel like I spent my time here well. I have been learning the necessary skills and knowledge that will help me in my future endeavors out in the real world. However, I am a firm believer in making your time count…

Rachel’s Skills

February 9, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Skill Sets 2016

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Hey Team! My basic engineering skill sets include CAD, machining, soldering, Mathematica (as weird as it is I prefer Mathematica over MatLab, haters gonna to hate), research, and critical thinking/problem solving. I love being presented with real life problems and figuring out solutions to them so if you are having issues with your designs or…

Molten Aluminum Art

February 2, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Student Work, Upcycle Project Report 2016, ZZ 2016

Inspiration For this Upcycling project, my inspiration came from the Anthillart.com video on making anthill art from molten aluminum. The fixtures created and sold on the website contained approximately 18 pounds of aluminum. After facing difficulty locating an empty anthill near Boulder, I decided to try a different approach. The YouTube artist “The Backyard Scientist”…

Molten Aluminum Art

January 25, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2016, ZZ 2016

When I was in the Flow Visualization class I really wanted to do something with molten aluminum. I couldn’t figure out exactly what to do with it other than casting it (which made it no longer a flow vis type project) so fortunately this type of project was perfectly applicable to the Upcycling project in…

The Beautifully Deadly Box Jellyfish

January 17, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

Aesthetic Explorations 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

Nature consists of some of the most amazing aesthetics not just in the visual design, but in the functional design as well. I wanted to look specifically at the strongest and weakest animal on earth, the box jellyfish. http://www.planetdeadly.com/animals/dangerous-jellyfish https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjVppSfqLLKAhVQ2mMKHekYCGwQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Ftagged%2FBox%2Bjellyfish&psig=AFQjCNE4opDMSWYP-6NoRmmxsu9hcTv9UA&ust=1453170044800788 The box jellyfish is a beautifully delicate and extremely lethal animal. This carnivorous jellyfish located…