Throughout this month, I had a lot to do. Initially, I thought it would be easy to do the Tensegrity class and donate at least 30 face masks for my personal project. The more I got into Co-Op the more I realized I was taking on a lot of work. Monday's and Wednesday's were spent at school doing wood working. And I tried to sew on the days I wasn't in class. However. somedays I felt sick, had to help my mom babysit, and prepare for Senior events such as Prom and Graduation. Also, on days that I should have been working on my personal project I was out of town or not home for senior events such as: Prom, Grad Bash, and my exit interview. During this month, I wish I would've been able to sew more face mask but I realized that taking on two projects was a tad ambitions. After speaking to Paola in class, I realized this could be the begging of my personal project. So far I have 10 face masks that I will be donating to Coty's Deli and hopefully before I study abroad in Rome I can donate 20 more to Luigi's Pizza and For Vida (all of which are local business in the Logan Heights area). In terms of wood working, I am really proud of the work I accomplished in Phil's Tensegrity class. I had a lot of fun spending time with friends and using all the power tools to make something cool.
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This week worked towards finishing my final project for my Tensegrity class and I also got to do a lot more sewing than in other weeks. In Phil's class I tried to make my pieces as symmetrical as possible. Therefore, I took Jorge's advice and cut close to my pencil marks but sanded the rest to make sure I wasn't cutting more than I was supposed to. I was hoping to finish by project Wednesday afternoon. However, something came up during lunch and I came to class late. I still want to make sure I finish my project so I will go to class on Tuesday finish my project. Also, Kendra was absent on Wednesday so she'll be able to help me add in the Crystal next Tuesday. For my personal project, I made 10 face masks. I got to finish hemming all the fabrics, iron the fabrics, and add nose wires. All I need to do it add in the elastic and I'm done. I will be donating these face masks to Coty's Deli, a Mexican ice cream shop/fruteria in my neighborhood. This week was really busy so sadly I didn't get to do any sewing but I advanced a lot on my Tensegrity project. This week I continued assembling my model. However, when I added in all the wires and tried to make it stand it twisted and collapsed. After talking to Phil about why my project failed I realized that my model only had compression and NO tension which is why it wouldn't stand up. On Wednesday just before lunch I came up with a different design that had both compression and tension. By the end of class I had finished making my model. It wasn't perfect (aesthetic wise) but it was very sturdy and could hold a lot of weight. This week I was shocked by how much I could accomplish in one day if I had the motivation and proper mindset. This week I did more sewing since I only had one in person day. On Wednesday I didn’t get too much work done since I wasn’t feeling very well. I just cut my pieces and added 2 screw eyes to the cylinder. Making wood cut hexagons was much harder than I though. It was really difficult to make them symmetrical but I tried my best! Using the Benchtop Sander really helped and I got them somewhat symmetrical. This week it was quite hard to find time to sew since I was helping my mom with babysitting. However, I did manage to get a lot of work done. In the past I’ve made one face mask by one but that takes way too long and isn’t very efficient. Therefore, I decided to cut out half of the necessary materials to make the process run smoother. However, my sewing machine was being really weird and kept on getting jammed so I didn’t make as much progress as I wish I would have. I hemmed all of the inner cloths for the masks but have only complete 1 mask and 1/2 of one. My biggest take away from this week was that it’s really hard to get exact angles and how the slightest mistake can throw off the design. I haven’t began assembling my 2nd model but I can assume it’ll be hard to perfectly align the screw eyes since the hexagons aren’t symmetrical. My goals for next week are to have 15 complete face masks and to begin my final Tensegrity project by the end of the week. During the first week of Co-Op we mainly learned how to safely use all the power tools in Phil's class and began working on a Tensegrity model project to prepare for our final project. This week I worked really hard and got a lot of work done. I finished most of my "cup holder" the Monday. And on Wednesday I finished adding the wire and eye screws to my project, perfected it, started planning my the model for the final project, and helped my peers complete the first cup holder. My biggest takeaway from this week was this project in general. I was really shocked by how much weight my cup holder could hold because that jar was at least 5 pounds. When Phil first placed the jar on my cup holder it was stable but made the wires shift. Therefore, I went back and rewired the corners and made sure it was leveled. When I placed the jar on top again it was extremely stable!!! During my month long Co-Op project I will be doing a combination of in-person classes and a personal project. On Mondays and Wednesdays when I'm in person at school I will be creating Tensegrity projects with my classmates. And on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays I will be working on my personal project. For my personal project, in light of COVID-19 I will be making face masks and donating them to local business in Logan Heights and homeless shelters. This is a project I've wanted to do since the summer of 2020. However, I never got the chance to do it.
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