This fastener project required immense planning and team work. Our goal was to create a sculpture from at least three pieces of wood using a designated fastener. I worked with Anthony Labriola on this project and our fasteners were paperclips. Usually paper clips are used to hold paper together, so we knew we were in for a challenge. We decided to build a fun, well known sculpture. Right away we knew that we wanted to create a field goal, about the size that could be used for a game of paper football. The overall point of the project was to learn how we can engineer different forms of objects by connecting their joints.
This is our final project and I feel that it is similar to what I first imagined. It was hard to keep the posts and cross bar balanced but we worked together and pulled it off. It may seem like smooth sailing, but it wasn't. Parts feel apart constantly and we started to run out of time toward the final days of building. Frustration was upon us but we got it together and worked like a team to build the best sculpture we could.
I feel that Steve, Nolan and Armando had a great idea that they really put together well. They seemed to be able to pause time within their sculpture and create floating water. Now that looks difficult to engineer. Another group that I saw work well was Mike Desmond's. They made another field goal, like us, but they used rubber bands. I really liked how they were able to balance it well and it seems like they were well-strategized in putting the rubber bands in the most efficient positions. Now we all have the knowledge about different fasteners that we could possibly put to use in future projects that are assigned. I had fun building our field goal and was able to learn a lot about different fasteners.
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