Students: William Hu, Haleh Olfati, Jasmine Park
Studio Title: Testa ESTm Vertical Spring 2012 ‘Real-Time’
Instructor: Peter Testa
AT: Curime Batliner
Research Fellows: Brandon Kruysman, Jonathan Proto

In the search for new materials and fabrication methods, the team’s approach establishes a constant dialogue between design intentions and the physical properties of a material – hot glue – within a robotic shaping environment. Glusion addresses geometry, motion control, variable material and free form fabrication.
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Students: William Hu, Haleh Olfati, Jasmine Park, Sam Lew
Seminar Title: Misfigures
Instructor: Andrew Atwood
Teaching Fellows: Brandon Kruysman, John Proto

task: draw with light and slow exposure camera
goal: produce a “light object” that is a recognizable figure
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Students: William Hu, Haleh Olfati, Jasmine Park, Sam Lew
Seminar Title: Misfigures
Instructor: Andrew Atwood
Teaching Fellows: Brandon Kruysman, John Proto

Starting with a single “hot wire”, students will develop various end effector prototypes. Experiments in burning, melting, extracting, depositing, dropping etc. will lead to strategies of addition, subtraction and re-additive fabrication, which will then be applied to a final figure.
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