This past weekend I made a waterproof version of my plant waterer using an existing milk carton. I created a plastic insert over the opening of the bottle and poked holes into it. I hung it over a plant and took photos of it. Here are some of the shots I took. The first photo is the final photo I will be submitting. Shots of the final pieces from today's class will be up soon!









My idea has developed since my last blog update - I am now using the weaving technique I mentioned previously to make a series of kitchenwares. This includes a place mat, coaster and napkin ring.




I tried many different options while trying to make the bow tie. In conclusion I found that the paper lined with a silver back side suited the carton best, but not my folding needs. It was a challenge but eventually I came up with the right equation to make the silver backed paper and the bow tie fold without to much trouble.
This is process from last week and just scanned in. What I have here are various ideas and variations for office supplies made out of the boxed water carton, along with potential templates.



After further development, I settled for the “utility  case”. Which is designed to be a container that can be hung up on the walls for placing things in (tooth brush, pencils, cards, rulers, whatnot...).  Furthermore, I made some small sketches for the shape of the item. All of the items are useful, but the nice thing about this one is that you can have multiple ones around the house, in every room, and they can still be useful.




Ximena Romero

I am still using the idea of shapes that connect with each other, but I am not focusing on lamp shades only.



This three pictures show how people can create different types of decoration or lamp shades



the last two pictures show the curtain idea and the shape I am going to use
Ximena Romero

My idea was to create a series of shapes that attach to each other and people can create different things depending on the way they connect the shapes. I was thinking people can create different types of lamp shades with them, like puzzle lamps.

I would like to present to you the first ever LXAE Bow Tie V.1. At first I was having trouble deciding what to do and was making things way to complicated. After exchanging ideas with a teammate, a much simpler bow tie was created. This simple bow tie has provided a solid foundation to start with. The next step is will be exploring ways to attach the bow tie to the shirt.