Before this project, cardboard to me was just some material that was commonly used to form boxes. I hadn't messed with it out of this form, so to create a sphere using cardboard was a foreign concept to me. A 45 minute ride home gave me just enough time to brainstorm this foreign concept. When i started creating the spheres I first realized cardboard is a very stiff material and does not like to be bent. I finally decided to cut triangles and glue them together to hopefully form a sphere. The first try was unsuccessful; I then came to the conclusion, measuring each triangle equally is very important when trying to create a sphere.
With glue. Skin of a sphere.
The second sphere I created used glue and we were to create an infastructure. I had a few different ideas for this one, but chose the easiest (or so i thought). Cutting perfect circles with a box cutter and finding the exact center are very difficult things, especially if you dont think to use a home-made compass.
With glue. Infastructure of a Sphere.
The third and thankfully final sphere was to be created with out glue. This was the most difficult one for me to do. I had my whole family and boyfriend brainstorming for this one. I attempted one way, which took about three hours with everyone helping me cut shapes. It ended up looking more like an Indian head dress than a sphere. After the feeling of failure subsided and a little help from my engineer Dad, I went back to creating a new design. Taking on the look of a soccer ball, I cut pentagons and hexagons creating tabs on all sides. I cut slits on these tabs, and very carefully they all slide together finally forming a sphere ....with no glue!!
No glue.
This was a stressful little project, but I definitely learned some things about cardboard.
ooh I like them!
ReplyDeletemay have been stressful but they did look good. ditto to nut410us
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