Today in Nuvu, my partners and I began but cutting out the remaining boxes we had not cut out from the previous class on the laser cutter and began to work on putting our prototype together.  We hot glued all of the boxes together and began to put them in place on their dowells and put nuts in as spacers for the boxes.  Once we had finished assembling this aspect of our project, we realized that our project needed to be tweaked in its overall design to make it as effective as possible.  Before we had 12 panels  formed into the shape of a heart that had two different pictures, one on each side.  Now we have decided that it will be more meaningful and more detailed for the patients if we have it so that there multiple pictures on each panel and all the panels come together to form a heart.  However most would not see the heart at first so it would cause the majority of patients to look at the project from a second glance and really feel in touch with our project and its fields of depth.  Next week we plan to build the framework for the outside of the project and fully assemble our first prototype.

This past week in nuvu, my partners and I have  began to make the etches for our project along with building the framework for our final project.  We have picked out all of our images and started to print out and put them together with the panels to form the paradise heart.  A few areas of our project we need to work on and fix are our drawing designs for some of our panels along with our etches.  Next week we plan to finish all of the panels and assemble the final model of our project.

Our studio is art therapy,  what we are doing is creating projects to help benefit the patients and family's at the Watson clinic in Lakeland. So Our personal project is we are creating a project we named your spin on it.   In turn we are creating a project to give the patients something to think about other than death or the situation they are faced with. Especially with cancer they feel that they control nothing in life. However with our project, not only can they feel like they can control something by being able to turn the panels and interact with it but it gives them a memory or something positive to look at.  Through all the bad they can still be in a better place by just a glance.  We had many hurdles in attempting to reach the final project that we have produced today.  We changed from our initial project of making a vr like machine that could change into several still life images that are images of paradise.   To a project that would enable patients to interact with the project and bring easy and quick memories with paradise like images.  If we had better materials we would be able to make the project so it interacts with all the 5 senses and is more comforting to all different ty[es of patients at a variety of ages.  However, this project will serve as a great source of positive thoughts and encouragement for the patients and family members of patients at the Wattson clinic.  This will help to positively impact the lives of many patients for as long as it remains at the clinic.

I was not there initially for the class period that we brainstormed.  However, I discussed with my partner Peyton the ideas that she had already came up with along with a selection of ideas that i had thought up as well.  One idea she presented was for  a large puzzle that forms a single picture that you see from far away and it appears as a uniform picture but is comprised of smaller pieces. A puzzle piece is given to each patient and on each individual puzzle piece there is a blank space with a color code where the person can draw individual designs but once put into the whole puzzle it forms one big picture.  This was very similar to my idea which involved giving every patient their own string of yarn that they will get to keep with them while they're going through treatment, and upon ending treatment it will be strung into a large yarn heart comprised of other patients yarn as well.  This is so they will feel connected to a loving family forever.  Another idea she presented  was an immersive room with different settings that you can hear, smell, and feel the art on the wall.   This was very similar to my idea of taking stained glass and using special VR like glasses so you can see different images in the stained glass.  Ultimately we believe that these two ideas put together will be comprised into our project.

Mechanical art:For mechanical art i found two different ideas that seem very efficient and beneficial.  The first is a type of spinning paint art that has 7-8 arms attached to it at different lengths to create different patterns.  the whole machine can spin two ways depending on the touch of a button.

Art that moves:For art that moves I thought of an ellaborate stain glass window with three dimensional glasses type design.  The design features a set of stain glass windows that are specially designed so that if you have the glasses on then you can see different things in the window that are inspirational and positive with them on.

Ideas about art on a large scale:My idea for art on a large scale is an idea that involves every patient that has ever or will ever enter the clinic.  The idea for this is a large upscale yarn like web made of specially selected strands of yarn for each patient. So every patient that comes to the center will get to select a strand of yarn to put into the yarn web in the shape of a large heart.This enables patients to feel like they always have a place in the world and they are always loved.  Along with the fact that this will enable patients to feel connected to a wide scale family and community together forever.  This large yarn web will be hung over the front entrance in the hang space between the first and second floor.

This image inspires me for a project that will be in the large hanging space as soon as you walk into the clinic.  Every patient will receive a piece of yarn tied into the yarn web heart to make them feel that they are apart of something greater.