Drawing Machine
GSAPP ADR II
Critic: Lydia Xynogala
Spring 2017
One machine, three drawings
Objects
acrylic box with moveable top, compression springs, water balloons, pigments, nails
9inx14in papers
mylar, tracing paper, watercolor paper
Actions
cutting, pushing down, pressing, bursting, flowing, staining, drying
Goals
The machine records the process of smoothie-making in forms of watercolor drawing. The action of cutting fruit compresses the spring and pushes down the moveable top of the acrylic box. The nails placed at the bottom side of the top press against the water balloons, which eventually burst and leave the pigments on the paper.
acrylic box with moveable top, compression springs, water balloons, pigments, nails
9inx14in papers
mylar, tracing paper, watercolor paper
Actions
cutting, pushing down, pressing, bursting, flowing, staining, drying
Goals
The machine records the process of smoothie-making in forms of watercolor drawing. The action of cutting fruit compresses the spring and pushes down the moveable top of the acrylic box. The nails placed at the bottom side of the top press against the water balloons, which eventually burst and leave the pigments on the paper.
Water balloons burst in the box while the fruits being cut on the top
taxonomy cropping showing
different drying patterns on
different paper types
Grasshopper scripting 
Iterations i-iii: single line-weight drawings
Iterations iv-vi: addition of line weights, shading, and color
Iterations vii-ix: capturing the blending, layering, and boundry condition of the physical drawings
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