Week 2 - Vinyl Cutting¶
Assignments¶
Design and cut a sticker (or heat transfer) for your classroom/context that reflects your understanding of the maker mindset /maker movement in education. Document in your Learning Diary a description of the process and at least 2 photos. (We prefer to see you in a photo as well!) Review the student agreement in your About section and add your name at the bottom of the page.
Process¶
- Steps followed
- Photos / screenshots of key stages
This is the model I assembled and put together in Inkscape. Most is vector art I found online. But The “S” for science, was a modified design by me. I wanted to incorporate a magnifying glass into the S.
Here I had a test run with some vinyl. But the knife pressure was set too high, that’s why it cut through the whole of the vinyl which wasn’t desirable at all. So first steps was to test and print until I found the right amount of knife-pressure.
I found out that my first design was too small to be vinyl-cutted. The details got all messed up. So my solultion was to print it at a bigger scale, so that the small cuts wouldn’t mess up the overall design.
- Challenges and solutions
Reflection¶
Answer the following reflection questions:
- Based on this week experience, What are some opportunties to integrate this technology in the classroom? How do you think it could support your teaching?
The stickering is very interesting to make models and/or diagrams that can help visualize learning material for students.
- Shortly describe an educational activity in which you could use a vinyl cutter. Explain how would you implement each one of the steps of the design process model explained in the Master Class. Do not forget to discuss about learning objectives.
- In which part of the digital fabrication continuum (DF for kids to DF by kids) would you feel more comfortable? Why?
Tools¶
Tools and/or software used:
References or tutorials followed: I’ve got a manual from the internal documentation at my local Fablab. As you can see it works on an NUC-pc with some older software. That’s why we use an internal instruction manual to work with the vinyl cutter.