Exam – Planter Project

I was inspired to make a planter. I have a lot of space on my desk and dresser in my room. I’ve wanted to buy some plants and planters to put them around my room. I chose to use TinkerCad because I am the most familiar with the program.

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I wanted to change the design a bit. I made it with flatter sides and cutouts to make it look more abstract, and I wanted to make it look random. My room is very abstract and splattered together. I think the planter pot could be the perfect addition to my room.

This is what the side should be looking like. I found a shape I wanted to work with. I started by taking chunks out of the body to make line cutouts.

This was like my prototype of what I wanted it to look like. It has cutouts and is almost the shape that I want. It still needed a place for the plant to go in.

This was my final product. It is not fulling how I want it to be, and I would like to continue working on it! It has the shape I want but not quite what I was going for. It shows so many of the abstract elements but all of them. I would change to a different shape or make one in Fusion 360. I do not think TinkerCad can create the profile I am desiring. I am excited to try out Fusion 360 next semester!

Snowflake Project

The first snowfall of the year is always exciting. I love to ski, so I love snow. Snowflakes have always intrigued me, and this year it was no different. The geometric pattern of snowflakes is special with each snowflake being unique.

When I learned that we had to make an ornament, I thought making a snowflake would be a great project. Even though snowflakes naturally have 6 sides, I chose to make an 8-sided “snowflake” because it was a more intricate design.

I created one extension. Then I copied, rotated it 450, pasted, and repeated until I had four extensions connected or half the snowflake. Then I mirrored this image over a plane to create the second half of the 8-sided snowflake. The 8-sided snowflake is complete. Then I added closed circles to the overlapping pieces for more stability in the structure. Lastly, I added an open circle as the ornament hanger.