Project Description

I was inspired by Olafur Eliasson because of his train Drawing Machine.

I wanted to create a device that would draw the motion of the ball with ink.

My device has wooden supports and it also has a triangle box to release the marble. The ramp was made out of one pool noodle. The marble was rolled in ink then released down the ramp into a box with paper.The ball rolled around the box and made a cool design.

Verb

roll

Medium

Ink

Mechanism

ramp

My drawing machine was designed for the verb roll with ink as the drawing medium.

It uses ramps as a mechanism to create motion.

Sketch

Hit the spring and the ball goes down the ramp into a box. Take the handles and shake it. That is how the drawing machine works.

Version 1.0

Video

Drawing

Version 2.0

What made me decided on version 2.0 is when Mrs. Hecker suggested we use a noodle instead of a foam ramp and I liked it. So it turned out great then we made version 3.0 for the finaL PRODUCT.

Version 2.0

What I changed was ramp height, the ramp material and the box it went in too was an actual box. The ball was changed from a larger ball to several marbles. The box no longer had handles to shake.

Version 3.0

Version 3.0

I used a laser cutter to make this version out of wood. The shapes were more accurate. The noodle ramp length was changed to a bit shorter. One marble was used to make the drawing. Wood plank was used as a starting point. The box was shaken again once the marble rolled into it.