Week 1 | Transform

Sehaj Singh
Mar 27, 2021
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Day 1 | Synthetic

Today I did 20 explorations using the materials, a Water Hose Pipe, Plastic Sutli, Foam, Cello Tape, OHP Sheet, Thermocol Sheet, PVC Pipe, Plastic Pegs.

1. 3D Pattern

Process of making

I cut the plastic hose pipe into 9 pieces of 3.5 cm height.
Then I cut 8 of them along their height.
Then I gave half cuts on both its endings.
Then I connected all 8 of them in this manner and by their bending force and half cuts they remained fixed at this position.
Then added the last piece in the middle also gets stuck due to the frictional and elastic force.

2. Pasta Triangle

Process of making

First I Cut the Plastic Water hose pipe into 2 pieces of 10 cm height each.
Then I made a spiral drawing around both the pieces with double lines.
Then I cut it with the cutter in this form and got 2 spiral formations from both of them in total 4 of them,
Then I rolled 3 of them in triangle form and the last one in between them without any glue.

3. Black Hole

Process of making

First I cut the water hose pipe with 10 cm height.
Then I burnt it from the middle using a candle and made a hole on both sides.

4. Tendrils

Process of making

First I cut pieces of plastic Sutli of various lengths.
Then I unfolded the rope into its original form
Then I tear the very small width pieces of the rope and they automatically take the spring-like formation.

5. Stones

Process of making

First I cut the pieces of Plastic Sutli of random length.
Then I tangled it or made knotting without any adhesives.
Then I placed 4 types of them in this.

6. Carpet

Process of making

First I cut the Plastic Sutli into 20 pieces of length 10cm each.
Then I simply weaved them and made them like a carpet.

7. Coral Reef

Process of making

First I cut the piece of foam of 10*10 cm.
Then I simply tore it with my hands randomly.
Then I made a knot with the strips formed.

8. Black Magic Artefact

Process of making

First I cut the piece of foam of 10*10 cm.
Then I burned a hole in the centre using a candle.
Then I made the S and dots by burning using the incense sticks.

9. Lock

Process of making

First I cut the piece of foam of 10*10 cm.
Then I burned it from the edge and it led to the formation of two strips.
Then I made a knot with them.
Then I made several things by burning them with incense sticks.

10. Devil

Process of making

First I take out the PVC pipe from the calendar roll.
Then I cut the piece of 10 cm height from it using the hacksaw.
Then I opened the pipe to its original form.
Then I burned it from the upper part and made a hole using the candle.
Then I made the face by burning it using the incense stick.

11. Road Sign

Process of making

First I cut 3 pieces of PVC pipe using a hacksaw of 10 cm height each.
Then I cut them along their height.
Then I stuck them in each other with the help of elastic and frictional force in the form of a triangle.

12. Metal Fragments

Process of making

First I cut the pieces of PVC pipe using a hacksaw into various pieces.
Then I opened it into its original form.
I noticed it was very low quality and fragile plastic and was breaking down.
Then I just tore it and made rectangles.
Then I made half cuts using scissors and tried to stuck each piece but it was made of very low material so it was not much successful.

13. Canon

Process of making

First I cut two pieces of 10*10 cm of OHP Sheet using scissors.
Then I burned a hole in one piece with a candle.
Then I rolled the other piece into a hollow cylinder.
Then I inserted it in that hole.

14. Starfish

Process of making

First I removed the tape from the roll.
Then I started making folds and increased its length and give it a look of a rope.
Then I cut it at the desired length and repeated the above steps five times.
Then I pasted them in a star form with the exposed gum side of the tape.

15. Sunrise

Process of making

First I cut the piece of 10*10 cm of Thermocol using a paper cutter.
Then I made the big by burning it using a candle.
Then I made waves and etching by burning it with the incense stick.

16. Tree

Process of making

First I cut 5 pieces of Thermocol of random dimensions.
Then I made holes in 4 of them by burning them with an incense stick.
Then I inserted each of them in the holes one of them is used as its foot.

17. Peacock's Feathers Spread

Process of making

First I took a shuttlecock and removed the end/cork part of it using a hammer.
Then I cut along its slant height.
Then I did inside-out of its form.

18. Waves

Process of making

First I removed the cork part of the shuttlecock and cut it along its slant height.
Then I separated the feather crown part of it.
Then I twisted this part and stick it to the paper using the cellophane tape

19. Clip Art

Process of making

First I bought the plastic pegs.
Then I randomly clipped them to each other.

20. Softy Icecream

Process of making

First I cut a circle of 10 cm in diameter out of the Sunboard using a paper cutter.
Then I further cut the concentric circle of 1 cm each.
Then I made the small tabs to give them a height.
I pasted each tab between one ring on opposite sides simultaneously using Elfy.

Day 2 | Aluminium

Today I did 20 explorations using the materials, Al sheet, Al wire, Al foil paper, Steel spoon, Nails, Screws and Steel mosquito mesh.

1. Coils

Process of making

First I cut a random piece from the Al sheet using scissors.
Then I cut very thin strips.
The sheet itself started getting this type of form while cutting.

2. Ocean

Process of making

First I cut the piece of 10*10 cm out of the Al sheet.
Then I used the nose plier to make these folds.

3. French Fries

Process of making

First I cut the piece of 10*10 cm out of the Al sheet.
Then I cut the strips from one end
Then I folded these strips randomly.

4. Bow Tie

Process of making

First I cut a very long strip of Al sheet.
Then I made 4 loops.
Then I rolled the rest of the strip over the loops so that they can remain in this form.

5. Roses

Process of making

First I cut the strips of 10*1 cm out of the Al sheet.
Then I just rolled the strip using the nose plier.
Then I stretch and gave it a height.
Then I made a ring for its base.

6. Junk

Process of making

First I cut the piece of 10*10 cm out of the Al sheet.
Then I hammered the end part of the nail to it.
Then I randomly made lines.

7. Fungus

Process of making

First I cut the piece of 10*10 cm out of Al foil paper.
Then I tore more pieces of foil and rolled them.
Then I made holes in the piece and stuck these rolled pieces in it.

8. Spikes

Process of making

I randomly placed the screws of different height upside down.

9. Shield

Process of making

First I cut the piece of 10*10 cm out of the Al sheet.
Then I hammered the nails in it.
It was very difficult to do it without any under support so I used the combination plier, opened it, placed the sheet on it and hammered the nails with gap and height.

10. Snake

Process of making

First I cut a waste wire and peeled its plastic coating
Then I made a rectangle and give a slither pattern with the help of nose pliers.

11. Basket

Process of making

I made the abstract of the basket using the Al wires with the help of nose pliers.

12. Electricity Poles

Process of making

I rolled the wire around the nails of different heights.
Then I made a shape like a comma and the 3 long nails gave it support to stand.

13. 3D-Photoframe

Process of making

First I made a fan-like structure with a twist along with it and a frame around them.
Then I made a small part for its support to stand.

14. Luck Charm

Process of making

I first doubled the wire and twisted its 2 loose ends.
Then I made big loops with the twists.

15. Triangular Tent

Process of making

First I cut 3 pieces of mosquito mesh of 10*10 cm using the scissors.
Then I made a prism-like formation and it was easily stacked with each other due to the spiky ends of the wires.

16. Food Mat

Process of making

First I cut the 20 strips of 10*2 cm from the mosquito mesh using scissors.
Then I simple weaved those strips.

17. Pasta

Process of making

First I cut 3 pieces of mosquito mesh of 10*10 cm using the scissors.
Then I simply twisted them with the help of nose pliers.

18. Party Flags

Process of making

First I took a piece of Mosquito mesh and unweave the wires of it.
Then I made the loops using it.

19. Centipede

Process of making

First I cut a piece of mosquito mesh of 10*10 cm using the scissors.
Then I folded it and cut the strips from the folded end.
Then I unfolded it and pressed it from another side.

20. Fan

Process of making

I did a triangular lock technique using 3 spoons.

Day 3 | Natural

Today I did 20 explorations using the materials, Jute Rope, Cotton Rope, Coconut Coil Rope, Cotton, Toothpick, Skewers, Tissue Paper, Sarkanda Grass.

1, Bypass Road

Process of making

First I cut the jute rope of random length.
Then I unbraided the rope.
Then I made a pattern with those ropes.

2. Chawar Sahib

Process of making

First I cut a wire of 10 cm in length from Jute rope.
Then I unbraided the rope and took out one of the results.
Then I Unfolded its twists and it automatically.

3. Necklace

Process of making

First I cut a piece of coir of a length of 20 cm.
Then I unbraided it and cut the one string and stuck it with the other string in a loop with its frictional force.
Then I stuck the end rope in another loop.

4. Tomoe

Process of making

First I cut the coir of length of 15 cm.
Then I unbraided it into 2 pieces.
Then I made two commas like structures without any glue and using the frictional and elastic forces.
Then I placed one on another.

5. Spring

Process of making

First I cut the jute rope of 20 cm.
Then I swirled it around a steel pipe circle in the form of a spring.
Then I pasted tape on both ends so that it doesn't lose its form.
Then I applied Elfy on it and let it dry.
Then I used Nose Plier to remove it from the pipe and obtained a stiff form of a delicate rope.

6. Goblet of Fire

Process of making

First I cut the coir rope of 10 cm.
Then I unbraided it and then untwisted the 1 of the two pieces which we got after unbraiding.
It was so tough to untwist it and taking too much time to completely do it so I have half done it.

7. Ripples

Process of Making

First I cut a cotton twine of the length of 30 cm.
Then I made loops in a pattern.
Then I connected the ends with a knot.

8. Bacteria

Process of making

First I cut the rope of 30 cm.
Then I first unbraided it and pulled the 2 pieces to push the covering and compressing it.
Then I untwist the inner material.
Then I arranged it in the form of bacteria.

9. Confusion

Process of making

First I remove the inner twisted part of the rope.
Then I randomly arranged them.

10. Earthworms

Process of making

First I cut the jute of random lengths.
Then I placed them randomly.

11. Amoeba

Process of making

First I cut the just rope of 30 cm.
Then I half unbraided it.
Then I formed a circle and placed the pieces like the inner organs.

12. Cloud

Process of making

First I untwisted the rope and obtained this type of form.

13. Epithelial Cells

Process of making

First I took 7 toothpicks.
Then I cracked and bend them a little using the Nose Plier.
Then I formed hexagons and placed them like cells.

14. Border Fences

Process of making

First I made the 4 triangles using the lock mechanism of 3 toothpicks.
Then I placed them like the border fences.

15. Ladder

Process of making

First I cut the skewer using Nose Pliers.
Then I equal pieces for all sides and a ladder-like structure by combining them.

16. Drone

Process of making

First I took 4 skewers.
Then I used Nose Pliers to bend the skewers like this.
Then I arranged them like a drone structure.

17. Lamp

Process of making

First I took 2 paper napkins and fold them.
Then I cut to half the length from the folded side.
Then I open the fold of both of them.
Then I rotated them around the slant axis.
Then it took the form of a lamp.

18. Noodles

Process of making

First I made the 2 lamps like structures.
Then I merged these structures.

19. Meteorites

Process of making

First I made the 2 half-length cuts in the folded napkins.
Then I made spheres out of them.

20. Nest

Process of making

First I removed the Sarkanda present in the Flower Broom.
Then I made rings out of it and completed the loop.

21. Horse Stable

Process of making

First I removed the Sarkanda present in the Flower Broom.
Then I placed the flowered structure of Sarkanda above it.

Day 4 | Composite

Today I did 20 explorations using the materials, wax, juice box, MDF board and resin and hardener.

1 Broken Glass

Process of making

First I took 1 candle broked it into larger pieces
Then I used a hammer to broke those pieces into tiny fragments

2. Earthquake

Process of making

First I took candles.
Then I used a Hacksaw and vertically bisected it.
Then I used another side of the hammer to make the impressions.
Then I arranged them in this manner.

3. Scholars

Process of making

First I took candles.
Then I used a hacksaw and horizontally bisected them.
Then I arranged in this manner.

4. Ghost

Process of making

First I took 3 candles.
Then I used a matchstick to burn 1st candle.
Then I burned other candles not from the top but its height at 2 spots.
Then I bend it from the points and it took that form after being cooled.
Then one which was burning from the top gets melted wax at its side which becomes another form.
Then I arranged them like this.

5. Sound

Process of making

First I took the juice box
Then I tore apart the 2 parts of it
Then I cut a piece of 10*10 cm and then cut stops, not till the end.
Then I rolled the joint part.
Then I made it look like this.

6. Slither

Process of making

First I cut a piece of 15*4 cm of a juice box
Then I folded it w.r.t. length
Then I cut the strips from the folded side not till the end.
Then I open the fold.
Then I made a space between those strips
Then I made it stand like this by giving it an S shape.

7. Road Banners

Process of making

First I took the juice box and then I cut 13 strips out of it
Then I used 3 strips each to make 4 braids.
Then I placed the last strip above it.

8. Caterpillar

Process of making

First I cut a piece of 15*4 cm of a juice box
Then I folded it w.r.t. length
Then I cut the strips from the folded side not till the end.
Then I made tabs and twisted it.

9. Fishes

Process of making

First I cut the random strips from the juice box.
Then I made random twists and folds by them.
Then I placed them like this.

10. Rainforest

Process of making

First I cut a piece of 10*10 cm of the juice box.
Then I cut one strip in end and didn't cut till the end
Then I cut another strip adjacent to it and repeated the above process but started from the other side.
I repeated this step till the end
Then I stretch both the ends and get a long strip but I had to fold the joint parts to make it straight.
Then I tangled them and made this form.