Esquisse three – Mother Nature

Honeycomb




I've used the honeycomb hexagon shape and made an Origami Tessellations from a piece of tracing paper.



Sea Snail



I've tried to make the shape of a sea snail with just a piece of paper without using glue and tape. But in the end it came out with a total different result. Not a bad exploration after all.

Esquisse two – The Hercules's Stool

A quite difficult task a la mission impossible has been given by lecturer to build a piece of furniture from cardboard that can withstand a 100kg load without using glue and fixture. So to complete this task the only option is to understand the locking system and the strength of corrugated fiberboard. My idea was to create a basic stool from using the joinery system above. 18 X Square cardboard as the legs and 5 X rectangle cardboard to hold it together.



The above images show the simple construction of the cardboard stool a la Hercules's stool. But I have to test it to make sure it can withstand a 100kg load. Myself and my brother volunteered to sacrifice to reveal our weight. I weigh 65 kg and my brother weigh 51 kg, which makes a total of 116 kg and I don't think the lecturer will fail me because i exceed an extra 16kg. Okay enough of talk and lets walk! Here goes our first attempt...



First attempt failed due to technical problem which we off balance because I have a large feet and we fell and luckily the stool still in a good condition for more attempts.



We finally succeed with a victory pose. No one was injured during the experimentation.

Esquisse one - Anatomy of Forms

When I was young my mother used to taught me about origami. By putting creativity into a piece of paper, one can explore/create the wonders of geometry. This is a Japanese Box called Tamatebako made from 6 pieces of square paper, fold and joint together into a cube without using glue or tape.



This pyramid is construct by using the basic understanding of joinery and locking system.



The 100mm diameter sphere is build from 11 pieces of simple push and joint mechanism.