Soap Dispensers

For the last Action Project, Elective course "Rapid Prototyping" we were assigned to choose a idea and improve the idea for the better. The idea I chose was to make soap dispensers for the bathrooms in the new space. I chose this idea because I thought it would be convenient and also because it will be a good idea to have something different than a regular dollar store soap dispensers for the bathrooms in the new space. The most challenging thing is choosing from the instructables website ideas that will be worth the building for the space and that will be used. What I am proud of is choosing the idea that is simple but very useful and creative.

JR. (2016). Plain Bottle

JR. (2016). Plain Bottle

JR. (2016). GCE Lab School

What I did was take a old bottle and cleaned it up and used the aveeno bottle pumper to add the final touch. I'm glad it fit perfect on the bottle. It doesn't screw on but it does fit tightly onto the bottle. When I opened the bottle with a can opener I used leverage to pop the top off. When I emptied the liquid I also used leverage as I was pouring the liquid onto the sink. I also used torque force on the top pumper to make it tight and to make sure it was secure enough to hold liquid without spilling everywhere, if it did fall. Some safety caution rules I had in mind were to hold tight onto the bottle just in case the bottle fell on the floor and break. Also, look around my surroundings so they wouldn't get injured. What I could've used was goggles and gloves in case the top flew in my face or if i get cut. When I went to Rebuilding exchange the director of the organization said, " Not everything is a waste, everything has a value." I took that into consideration and thought that I can use something that can take super long to decompose and recycle it and make something better off of it. So I took this bottle that probably would've been in a land fill waiting years to decompose when it can be used for decoration or other cool things. I published my work onto the instructables website so others can do the same and branch off my idea. Here's the link

JR. (2016). GCE Lab School

I then used Armour Etch to make a design on the bottle. I wanted the design to look cool and to stand out. So, I used the GCE logo and also etched my nickname on the bottom of the bottle.  The Armour Etch is a chemical that edges designs that you would like to have on glass. I created my own GCE logo on the computer to make a stencil off the cameo machine made out of vinyl to stick onto the glass bottle so the Armour etch wouldn't get anywhere. One of the websites that most inspired me the most was 99 life hacks. I liked the ideas that they had on the websites, they seemed so easy and something that I would probably think of but I never did. I like that they have plenty of things that can be re-used in your own home or in your work place, which is great. I was really inspired by the idea of re-using old things and this is why I chose to do a soap dispenser. 

The Queen Piece

For this Elective term I took a class called Rapid Prototyping and I was assigned to make a chess piece with a classmate and design our piece in three types of ways. The three types of ways were building the chess piece of clay, then cardboard and finally on a online digital 3D website to be then printed. What I am most proud of is my three models that my partner and I made for this Action Project. The most challenging thing about this project was creating the digital piece on the website called Tinkercad. It was so frustrating because some of my pieces were floating and weren't in their place. I think the most easiest thing about this project was building the clay model piece, it was fun and easy at the same time.
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The Creative Letters

For this Elective term, I am taking a class called Rapid Prototyping. Rapid Prototyping is to learn and create things with the idea of math and connecting lines and different types of shapes to your creation. For this first Action Project, I was assigned to choose two letters and make a design with the letter chosen and also the material that was given. The two letters I chose was "J' and "r" the materials that were given to me were vinyl and tin foil. I am most proud of making my letter out of tin foil because it was so difficult to cut by machine than by hand. The most challenging thing while creating the letters were figuring out the shapes to cut from the machines. Also, cutting the tin foil by hand was a struggle, everything with the tin foil was hard. These are my designs.

                               
                                                       JR (2015). "The creative letters"