*various crafts (jewelry, plastic bag fusing, making chocolate truffles?...)
*sewing
*learning Processing
== Field Research ==
== Midterm Project ==
Switching Sexuality'''Pansy Pansy''' === Rough Concept === I didn't like my other idea. Mostly because I don't want to have to locate a Bible. So, something fun instead: Happy Plant. When you shine a light on it, it jiggles. I'm stealing the parts from a vibrating back massaging device, and trying to learn how to make a photoresistor work... Rough Visualizations: http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/happyplant.png http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/happyplantcircuit.png === Final Design === I decided it would be more dynamic if the plant began by shaking, and would only stop when the viewer shines a bright light upon it. The project becomes reinterpreted from a "Happy Plant" that enjoys light, to a "Scaredy Plant" that is afraid of the dark. I think this is thematically more complex and interesting as well. I have always wondered how plants feel about the dark, since they need light to survive. Are they afraid that the sun might not rise again? With a vibrating motor and a photoresistor, I've given the plant the ability to express its fear by shaking in its... roots. I think people will relate to their own fears of the dark with this project. What would happen if the sun were blocked out by nuclear war? What does it mean if the only emotion the plant can express is fear? (By contrast, does it express relaxation?) And aesthetically, what's the significance of combining something organic with a battery powered mechanical device? === Circuit Graphics === Here is my circuit design (I think I arranged it correctly): http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/pansycircuit.png And here is a drawing of how everything is literally linked together: http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/literalcircuit.jpg I also included a switch that I cannibalized from a toy, and the 1k potentiometer so I can adjust light sensitivity for different light environments. === Photo Documentation === A perfectly still, calm Purple Pansy in the light: http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/happypansy.png A frightened flower in the dark:(DRAMATIZATION) http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/fraidypansy.png So, don't leave your plants all alone and scared without a nightlight or something... == Final Project == Working Title: ''The Female Enigma'' === Rough Concept === I want to create a sculpture of a woman with three potentiometers representing her main erogenous zones. The goal would to get people to interact with her body in order to induce "orgasm". There would be some sort of display on my laptop screen which would give feedback. I want to explore woman as analog and how men interact with female bodies digitally. I would construct the sculpture out of clay, and maybe spray it silver. === Final Design === I decided to do a wire sculpture instead, since it fit thematically with my piece better. I focused less on orgasm and more on the "woman as analog" concept. I have a few thoughts on how the male perspective interacts with female bodies, but I think the piece can have many meanings. The screen displays a woman's body, covered up by pixel-like squares. There are intentional references to pixels to make the piece more about the digitalization of sex.
=== Visualization ===(fancy picture goes here once I figure out how to connect a scanner to a mac. Curse my PC upbringing)''The Analogue Woman''
=== Concept ===I left the church this summer and have discovered the joys of up-cycling Bibles for art projects. (Unfortunately I'm all out.http://i1000.photobucket. Anybody want to lend me one? A nice big thick one, please.) This project will feature two lights in a display board, and a switch underneath some sort of platform com/albums/af128/zaydami/for a Bible to rest on. As the user turns more and more pages of the holy book, the weight on the left side will increase and eventually depress the switch. This will cause the first light (labeled "gay") to turn off and the second light (labeled "straight") to turn on. Obviously, if someone reads enough of the Bible, they'll quit sinning and learn not to be so gay%20school/pixelwoman. png
I'm thinking I'll design the display board to look like one of those informational pamphlets modern churches seem to favorhttp://photos-d. The platform might look like a mini altarak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs499.ash1/27244_1397950353466_1373473558_1094390_4900652_n.jpg
