Week 2- 3D Shapes

Craft: Each 3D figure required the use of scissors, an Exacto knife, a ruler, grid paper or template, glue, and tape. The pyramid, cube, and rectangular prism were mapped out by hand using a ruler and pencil to draw specific measurements to ensure the shape would hold together. The penguin and iPhone figures were made from folding online templates.
Concept: The concept of this project was to understand the simplistic foundation that creates a 3D figure. These exercises helped me to realize that all 3D shapes start from a basic, 2D form.
Composition: Each handmade shape required careful mapping of its measurements. The grid paper made the task a bit easier as the number of squares within each numerical measurement by the ruler dictated if a square was truly, geometrically a square and that all sides would be equal.The iPhone and penguin figures were easier to build based on the visual information in the printed image.