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Inspiration: When I first saw the geometric structures that were hanging in the 3D Workshop Room, I immediately knew that I wanted to make a hummingbird. At home, we feed hummingbirds with  a feeder. Everytime I refill the feeder, I like to watch the birds fly up to the feeder. Sometimes they fly near me and sometimes they appear when we are away from the feeder. They're very fascinating creatures to me and I wanted to challenge myself to build one from wood and glue.

Process:
When beginning my project, I looked for inspiration. I found an image that looked like a 2D Geometric Hummingbird Cut Out. I observed the way they bird was built and tried to apply what I saw in 3D. I built the bird mostly from imagination and without a real plan. I built the head, wings, and neck without a plan. When I got to the body, I had trouble imagining how to build it. My dad helped me design a body, but I had to tweak a few things with imagination to get the body just right. Next, I attached the body, head, neck, and wings together. Then I added feathers for the tail using different lengths wood. For the feet, I was inspired by a other classmate's work.

Tools/Process:
The tools I used were the ruler (not pictured), wood cutter, pen, glue gun, and filing tool.

The ruler and pen helped me measure and mark the wood, so that I could cut the wood to the proper length using the wood cutter. After the wood cutter, I used the filing tool to smooth the cut edge. Next, I glued everything together.

What I learned along the way:
- Measure everything twice.
- Don't use so much glue. A little goes a long way and makes the bonds stronger.
- Re-enforce weaker joints (where two pieces of wood meet) with more wood and glue.
- Use Heavy Duty Fishing Line & a hook to hang.
- Do use inspiration if you can't completely imagine the object.
- Sketch out a plan when you're stuck. If the plan doesn't work, use imagination and common sense to solve the problem.
- Think proportionally.

Overall Thoughts:
I am happy with my work. I have never built anything 3D using wood and glue before, so I am elated that it turned out well.

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Night time with extra light from phone lighting

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Night time with extra light from phone lighting

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Carrying Shape - Neutral Background 1.JPG

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Carrying Shape - Neutral Background 2.JPG

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- This is my favorite out of all the photo I took because of the light directly being in the center of the geometric shape as well as the background. I also really like how you can see the design, but no the wooden texture on structure.

- For this idea, I want to find a place where it is dark, but you can still see some of the structure. One place I found is my room, there was light coming from the curtains, allowing for the structure to show in the photo, but also it is dark. Lucky for me, there was some light that were just brighter than the others coming through the curtain. So, I arrange it in a way where the light is center in the geometric shape.

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For this installation, I really liked the light coming from the bulb, as it is a little orange-ish, but also the natural light coming from the top. I placed the structure in the orange light, looking at it in different angles, and chose this angle because of the lightings and the straight lines the ceiling has.

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*measure twice
*glue dot advice: Circular application.

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Problem solving- keep trying
Use the discarded pieces for props etc.

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Use smaller sections
lay them out and measure up first
sketch it out

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A plan is nice
Don't be discouraged
Try the form in different positions

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Take your time

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Flow State- Just Go
Reinforcements

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When I was working on this project, I had one idea I wanted to do but I just couldn't make it work. After I knew I couldn’t do that type of style, I literally just started cutting out sticks and just started putting them together. So when I was sculpting my pieces together, it started to look like an easel.  And it really does look like it . I even made a  little canvas to put in the middle of it. If I had the chance to redo this assignment the only thing I would change is to make it bigger and just to take my time on it . But really do sketch out your ideas because you don’t want to be stressing out on what you're going to do. When it came to my piece though, I wasn’t really stressing, I was going with the flow and started gluing things together. And honestly really like how my piece came out.

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How did you come up with the design for the form?

I didn't really come up with a design at all until I started seeing everyone else work.

Did you run into any difficulties and if so, what were they?

One of the difficult I had was trying to hold the pieces up at the right angle cause it took me multiple times to get the right angle.

How do you like the result?

I really like the results of it.

What would you change if you could redo the project?

Something I would redo will be planning on what I wanted to do instead of just building freely.

What advice would you give to another student who was about to begin this project?

One advice would be to have an idea on paper of would you wanna do and visualize how many sticks you would need to to use.

Regarding the installation; How did you get your ideas for the three sites?

I really didnt have any idea, I just went out and looked for the most interesting spots.

Which was your favorite and why?

My favorite one was the one with the bench.

Did you work together with a classmate and what was that experience like?

I didn't work together with a classmate.