Thursday, August 25, 2011

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Paper Shades

Handmade paper light filtering structures













Eight Inch Squares

comparing plastic properties and giving graphic results










Thursday, April 14, 2011

Window Shade Requirements

From each group, a written LCA for your shade module product is required along with a presentation to Professors Pastore & Byar on May 5th beginning at 3:30 pm for those who can come early.
Include data tables and graphs for light transmission properties of your various paper samples.
Include small labeled paper samples in the LCA and the reasoning behind your design and construction techniques.
The group members names, the course name and semester date must be included in the print out.

The individual 8" square resin code project will be due the same day.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Rough Paper




















New Source Materials

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Fibrous Paper Making



Core Paper Ingredients:
Forsynthia, Denim, Ginger






Add Social Ingredients:
Champagne, OJ, Coffee






Individual ingredients: Strained/spooned
Combined ingredients strained


By: Maureen S. & John K. & Jenni T.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Laser Cutter Info

Below is a list of resources, policies, and 'facts to know':

Laser Cutter Website - a go-to guide for all the policies and information surrounding our laser cutter

Cost - $.20 per minute, money should be put onto your campus card (add money here)

Scheduling - you are able to pre-schedule up to 1 hour a week on the machine, view scheduling calendar for available slots (white spaces) here (also found on website above) - you can e-mail philaulaserlab@gmail.com to request an appointment or call 215.951.0409

Find the AutoCAD template file on the website or on the lightning server (CAD folder, Laser Lab folder)

A guide for what materials are cut with laser cutters (this is not the exact policies for our machine, but do offer a guide)

If you are working with a questionable material or 'glue' please shoot me an e-mail with any research you've done (MSDS sheet, manufacturer site, etc.) to see if I am comfortable cutting it

Any more questions you can direct them to me at tischera@philau.edu, stop in M, Tu, Th 9-5, or call 215.951.0409

Thanks!

Monday, January 31, 2011

Paper Parade



To see more paper exploration click here