{"id":39474,"date":"2015-12-29T18:25:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T18:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/traces-physical-programming-of-freeform-folding\/"},"modified":"2015-12-29T18:25:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T18:25:57","slug":"traces-physical-programming-of-freeform-folding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/traces-physical-programming-of-freeform-folding\/","title":{"rendered":"Traces \u2013 Physical programming of freeform folding in soft matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.creativeapplications.net\/processing\/traces-physical-programming-of-freeform-folding-in-soft-matter\/'>Traces \u2013 Physical programming of freeform folding in soft matter<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link_description\">\n<p>h\/t to @notational. The project employs Processing, but could also have been explored without code. Unfortunately, Creative Applications fails to mention why the use of Processing or of the vector drawing program, Adobe Illustrator, offers any unique advantages over India Ink and a ruling pen. Through code we can explore the possibility spaces of parametric curve generation. We may also be able to explore the potential for joinery so as to be able to bind two (or more) worked pieces into a whole. Also, the process followed suggests that Adobe\u2019s open-source parametric drawing software could replace Processing altogether.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTo explore this idea, Dana developed 12 processed-folding objects series, using custom built software in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativeapplications.net\/category\/processing\">Processing<\/a> and<br \/>\n various physical techniques \u2013 printing, twisting, laser-cutting,<br \/>\nknotting and framing. Both the digital tools and the physical techniques<br \/>\n were used systematically in order to explore spatial, structural &amp;<br \/>\ngeometrical conditions, leading to the emergence of<br \/>\nprototypes. Dana used sheets of \u201cShrinky-Dinks\u201d, a shrinkable<br \/>\npre-stressed polystyrene sheets that are used commercially in kids\u2019<br \/>\ncreativity kits. After creating various black and white patterns in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativeapplications.net\/category\/processing\">Processing<\/a>,<br \/>\n she printed them on the sheets in black, using a simple desktop<br \/>\nprinter, and then induced folding by placing the sheets under an IR<br \/>\nlight bulb at a set distance. The printed sheets folded repeatedly<br \/>\nwithin seconds upon exposure to the light, according to the black-line<br \/>\npatterns. The energy from the light gets absorbed preferentially by the<br \/>\nblack line, which acts as a hinge because it converts the light<br \/>\neffectively into heat. The heat relaxes the polymer directly under the<br \/>\nhinge region in a gradient across the sheet thickness.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traces \u2013 Physical programming of freeform folding in soft matter h\/t to @notational. The project employs Processing, but could also have been explored without code. Unfortunately, Creative Applications fails to mention why the use of Processing or of the vector drawing program, Adobe Illustrator, offers any unique advantages over India Ink and a ruling pen. 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