Week14 : Machine Design
Arabic Calligraphy is a fascinating art form, In this Assignment I wanted to create a machine that would be able to mimic some of the wrist movement.
Much of the methods that use the brush are similar to those in other cultures for example the chinese.
Positioning and Movement of the Wrist in Chinese Calligraphy
The position of your wrist is also very important for writing Calligraphy. In general, the position of the wrist will reflect the size of the Characters being attempted. Writing small characters of only a couple square inches will usually require that the wrist rest lightly on the table. This gives one a maximum of stability: small characters can be executed well by moving only the fingers and the wrist itself. One may also rest the writing wrist on the opposing wrist, with the hand on the table palm down.
The intention is to grasp this wrist movement and be able to have another degree of freedom in the end effector rather than just the movement along a Z axia.
Initially I tried to modify the existing Design from nadya's machine to have it cut on Acrylic. Rather than Cardboard. I even tried to work on something faster like having 3d printed parts for each stage. Then I got involved with team from fablab Trivandrum. http://archive.fabacademy.org/archives/2016/fablabtrivandrum/machinebuilding/team1/index.html
