Materials: Recycled Plywood & Acrylic

Features: Acrylic 'Screen' & Moving Dials

Tools: Epilog Laser Cutter, Adobe Suite, & Inkscape

After falling in love with the message of conservation behind the project I wanted to make sure that was physically translated. Using recycled materials and making the dials a functional element made it something that you can play with and not just a decoration.

The Camp Roosevelt project began when I was hired by the University of California San Diego Roosevelt College 2022 advising staff memento.

From sketches…

to the design…

to the final product.

To complete the project I designed 3 different posters that were cohesive with the TV, each in their own way, for the 3 recipients.

You will soon be able to see these posters in Roosevelt Camps across the country.

What I learned…

I originally created the design with the adobe suite but adobe and the epilog laser cutter programs did not work well together. Recreating the design in Inkscape solved the program compatibility issue. I was going to create a standing 'Camp Roosevelt' sign but felt that it made it too crowded and chose to engrave it on the bottom. This decision aligned with my desire to not date or strictly label what the memento was to make the design more timeless.

There were design limitations due to the material properties. Cutting small designs can cause excessive burning or melting of the wood and acrylic. Even with precise measuring the acrylic and wood will not cut the same due to the acrylic melting slightly and needs to be cut a few millimeters larger than the wood opening. After figuring out the proper measurements I was able to create a perfect fit that did not require any glue.