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 My First Prototype Going through this process, I faced many challenges and was able to overcome a majority of them. However, it was when I got to the end that I faced the most adversity. For instance, I was sure how I would trim the tabs due to the numerical overlap that occurred. I also got lost on the final preparation stages, as I couldn't find the exact steps online for how to format and prepare the cutouts for printing.

 My Digital Samples So, for this part of the project, we had to develop 3D shapes to get us started on thinking about what we wanted our products to look like and getting acquainted with drawing the objects in Rhino first so that we could easily translate them into real life. This got me thinking about what I was going to create, as I do not have to only make an object that is close to me but also put it in the context of a lightbox while still having it look nice. This is a big part of why I have not come to a conclusion yet, but I was able to start thinking about how I could design the lightbox itself, as you will see throughout the screenshots. This was just kind of me practicing and trying out different shapes and objects to see how they would unfold and familiarize myself with the different functions. This was my first attempt at making something that resembled a lightbox, and I wanted to start with the basic shape first because it would help me understand what unfolding it wo...

 Light Boxes For my papercraft choice, I decided to go with light boxes, and the artists shown in the article were Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker, also known as Hari & Deepti, whose work recently appeared at SCOPE New York through Black Book Gallery. The light boxes are made of cut paper, beginning with layers of precisely cut watercolor paper that are placed inside shadow boxes and illuminated by LED strips. Hari and Deepti enjoy having their light boxes tell a story by incorporating elements like stars, flames, and fireflies. What I found most interesting was their view of paper as "brutal in its simplicity as a medium" in the sense that paper is flexible in nature, especially in the hands of an artist, as it can be molded and shaped to create intricate shapes or illusions that go beyond what the eye can see. I have a couple of light boxes, so the concept isn't new to me, but it's also not something I've looked into extensively previously. Looking ove...