Marr-Fuller_ET ALgorithm 02

Rules:

1) Cut a strip of chipboard that is at least 18” long (the longer the better). The strip should have parallel edges that are no farther apart than ¾”.

2) Insert one of the short edges of the strip of chipboard into the notch in the bass wood stick until it is flush with the opposite side of the stick.

3) By twisting the bass wood stick wrap the strip of chipboard as tightly as possible around the stick. Make sure to wrap the chipboard strip continuously over itself to make just one band around stick. Keep twisting until the entire chipboard strip is wrapped up.

4) Slide the strip of coiled chipboard of the bass wood stick. (If you have just created the first chipboard coil start at the beginning and create another coil)

5) Wind the end of the newly created coil of chipboard perpendicularly into the coils of any of the other already created chipboard coils. Make sure it is wound into the other coil at least 2 full revolutions.

6) Start again and repeat steps 1-5 until time is up.

Reaction:

I was slightly unsure on how to create a simple design machine, one that could be easily used in the classroom within the allotted four minutes. The machine that I finally did come up with seemed slightly simple when I first developed it but I believe created a dynamic out come. Everyone was able to use my design machine to alter the shape of the strips of chipboard into spiral shapes without a problem, but my rule about how to wrap the different pieces of chipboard together was not that clear. Halfway through the process I alter the fifth rule about how to attach the spirals to one another, so that everybody could intertwine their spirals anyway that they saw fit. This change to the rules created an outcome that was much more like the one I had expected and created a much more intriguing composition. Overall I felt my design machine and final composition was a success.