Picnic Tablecloth Capturing Design Process

I am wrapping up the public 3D printing workshops for the Serving of Shapes 3D art installation at the de Saisset Museum. To capture the public's design exploration and design process, I scanned all the workshop sketches and 3D designs created in Tinkercad and SketchUp and have created patterns to print as tablecloths and display in the gallery along side the 3D printed objects. Below are some details of the tablecloths.

Digital sketch of installation

Video Sampling for Serving of Shapes Workshop

In a week, A Serving of Shapes 3D design and printing workshops will begin at the de Saisset Museum. In the gallery space we will have two wall mounted screens playing video. This above video is a test sample of what I will have playing in the gallery during the workshops on one of the screens. I will also create a video of the participants design process. These videos will playing in the gallery during the exhibition period.

In this test, the sound recording includes audio I recorded at Lower Silver Creek in Mayfair, San Jose. It also includes snippets of interviews with local San Jose residents who remember when the area was full of orchards. Also included is the rustling of acorns from the Sip. Do not Gulp installation in the neighboring gallery.

I am grateful to the additional funding we received from an Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts Grants to support extension workshops and exhibitions in East San Jose at the Mayfair Community Center and at the Dr. Roberto Cruz Library.

A Serving of Shapes/ Collabortive 3D Art Installation

I am in the process of preparing for a Serving of Shapes, a collaborative art installation including four public workshops exploring 3D printing and design. After the public 3D rendering workshops, we will be selecting a group of the public creations to print and install in the show. The process of sketches and models will also be captured in a digitally printed tablecloth. (printing will be done by Spoonflower).

To kick off the workshops in the gallery space at the de Saisset Museum, I will create a few 3D printed installation to give the public a feel for what 3D printed objects are. I will share some of my reflections on local agricultural history though my installations. Below are a few concept sketches.

This sketch concept reflects on the fruit blossoms falling like snow. When the valley was filled with fruit trees, many recall that the blossoms looked like snow on the trees. The bowl will have motifs pulled from artifacts from Japantown and Heinlenville and will integrate a view of the mountains.

Washing Day. I was drawn to a photo of kimonos drying on the line on a California Japanese farm 48 hours before internment. Japanese Americans farmed much of Santa Clara Valley's land before WWII. There was a great desire to assimilate more after the war; forks replaced chopsticks.

bees hanging from filament. Swirls represent scent of blossoms on the wind