Hands-on time day 2 and a bowl

08/04/2012

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You'll enjoy this one.  A circle of copper gets matching wedge t-folds and becomes a bowl.
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Here is the bowl made in the video above.
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"The only difference between this and the other ones is external shape." (circle vs. square)

Hands-on time: Day 2

Hands-on time today was fantastic.  We had about two hours to play; here are some pics of students and just a few pieces of their work this afternoon.  Will try to snap more in the morning and add them here.
August 2012 on SueLacy Wired is dedicated to the 5th annual Charles Lewton-Brain Conference on Foldforming, taking place Aug 3-6 at the Center for Metal Arts in downstate NY.  To view the series, click category "5th Annual Charles Lewton-Brain Conference" in the far right column on this page.
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Heather Motto
08/05/2012 10:24am

For the round bowl made from t-folds - in the picture it looks like the edges of the t-fold are folded out. Does this happen just during the opening process, or do they have to be "helped" to fold out?

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Sue link
08/05/2012 11:43am

Hi, Heather! Yes, helped. With all these folds there are varying degrees of manipulation after opening. Charles says, "If it’s not pretty yet, play with it some more." He often points out that with a little manipulation, the object can look like a different object.

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Ed Lay
08/05/2012 12:51pm

Is the first picture in the slide series a star fold which has been sheared ? Viewed from the bottom/inside ? Thanks so much for blogging the conference.

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Sue link
08/05/2012 4:30pm

Hi Ed, yes that's a star fold that began as a circle. Do you see the bird? ...my pleasure :-)

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