Aluminum Plate Studies
WHAT
Metalworking
APPROACH
WHEN
Experimental
Fall 2019
Cutting out triangles and combining them with tape, I discovered a unique form that can expand and transform into different shapes. My challenge then is to replace the blue tape with a new type of aluminum hinges that are clean and seamless.
Exploring different techniques of creating aluminum hinges
This a close up of my final hinge. I stick with this hinge because it is the most seamless.
Each triangular/trapezoid section has two layers of aluminum sheets, and the two aluminum sheets sandwich a copper wire that connects the triangular/trapezoid sections. Tiny copper rivets are used to hold the two aluminum sheets layers.
Final model (right) and some previous sketch models
Transforming the model from a octahedron into a expended geometric shape
