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Upcycle Project Progress: Enchanted Wine Bottles

February 26, 2023

Post 3: Upcycle progress report 2023, Student Work

aesthetic, Blog, bottles, Cutting, design, Enchanted, Fairy Lights, Hanging, laser, lights, progress, project, report, Romantic, Rope, upcylce, wine, wood, Wood Work

Even the best-laid schemes can go wrong from time to time. That’s what occurred with my most recent upcycling endeavour, where I intended to use three wine bottles and fairy lights to create a romantic atmosphere. Despite making some headway on the project, I sadly ran into a problem when I tried to laser cut…

Upcycle Inspiration: Upcycled Fashion

February 2, 2020

Victoria Rios

Student Work, Upcycle Inspiration 2020, zw 2020

aesthetics, progress, Upcycle, Upcycle Project, upcycling

The inspiration for my up-cycle project is up-cycled fashion which has gained popularity in the fashion industry. The fashion industry is notorious for being wasteful and unsustainable. Fast fashion is a term used for the process of creating cheap trendy clothes and and distributing them quickly so they are readily available to consumers. Fast fashion…

Final Stretch: Bed Stand

April 19, 2017

Alexander Lien

Main Project Final Stretch Progress 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

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Hello readers, I have fallen behind on my final project but for what its worth I did really well on my midterms last week. The thing is I sacrificed working on this project to study for some applied math classes. Any how, I have purchased the wood for my bed stand. That’s all I’ve done.…

Design Loop: Kinetic Walking Sculpture

February 8, 2017

Blake Arellano

Design Loop Reality 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

2017, Blake, design, inspiration, iteration, progress, Theo Jansen, Upcycle

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I sat down, all my supplies purchased, everything planned out, and a prototype leg even made. But, as design goes, deviations from my planned path arose, and I was forced to rethink my route. I had my end goal, and my starting point. I believe that in design, you have at minimum a vague idea…

Upcycle Progress: Oyster Box

February 1, 2017

Jon Nelson

Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2017, zy 2017

Aluminium cans, bowl, cardboard, Oyster, progress, Upcycle

I wanted to create something that had a function, but still looked good. For someone living in a small apartment, having something that serves a purpose is important. I decided that I wanted to create a bowl as a place to store items like my keys and wallet, but I was stuck on a design. …

Upcycle Thoughts: Kinetic Walking Sculpture

January 31, 2017

Blake Arellano

Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2017, zy 2017

Outsider art, progress, Strandbeest, Theo Jansen, Upcycle

Theo Jansen has selflessly given his “11 holy numbers” away for the public to use however they see fit (See my previous post “Aesthetic Explorations: Theo Jansen and His Strandbeest” for more information on his creations). Shown below, the 11 numbers for a linkage system for a leg to be powered by a crank. I…

Pearl Progress 4/13

April 15, 2016

Elyse Skinner

Update Weds April 13 2016

lasercut, LEDs, light, map, pearl, progress

I made a lot of progress on my project this last weekend and am about to make even greater strides tomorrow and this weekend. This last weekend I laser cut all of my pieces out, the map and the pieces to create the 3D buildings. Then I spent time cleaning them all off in preparation…

Pearl St. Progress 4/6

April 5, 2016

Elyse Skinner

Update Weds April 6 2016

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I have both made a lot of progress since my last blog post and made none at all. The things I still need to do in the following couple of days, I wanted to get done this last weekend. I need to order acrylic from Colorado Plastics, but am unsure exactly how that process works.…

3/30 Pearl’s Progress Report

March 29, 2016

Elyse Skinner

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

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I have come to a larger roadblock in my design process at this point. I had high aspirations and hopes before Spring Break, but now I am feeling the pressure of time and getting my project done. I wasn’t able to work on my project much over break due to the lack of equipment available…