This week’s student art is from the 7th grade mini-golf lane design project. The basic shape tools of Tinkercad computer-aided design software were used to make the complex forms in these virtual 3D models. This math-art assignment, which involves creative engineering and math calculations, was developed and is taught by Mr. Bell and Mrs. Cvetan.
The beautifully creative and innovative images produced by students for this project have been made entirely with Tinkercad software, except for the work of Austin Ju. He created a laptop computer model with the basic shape and text tools of Tinkercad. However, the images on his virtual computer’s monitor are screenshots of his Tinkercad work for the mini-golf project, which he made on his iPad. He arranged photos of his mini-golf lane on a photo of his laptop model in the Sketchbook app on his iPad.
In the world of Austin’s image, the mini-golf design was created by the laptop computer. The laptop computer was created by Austin on his iPad. If we consider this image in the context of recent advances in computer technologies and artificial intelligence, we might ask ourselves who created the mini-golf design in Austin’s picture. Was it made by Austin or by the virtual model of the laptop computer?
