Now that we're half way through this second semester of school, our teacher introduced us to something called the "Impossible Project". Sounds impossible, right??? Basically the impossible project is something that we really want to do, but have no idea how to or where to start. At first I had zero idea where to even start. Through his semester I've realized that decoding websites and circuits don't come that easy to me, so I could see myself really feeling like it would be literally impossible to do. Then my professor mentioned we could even use things such as the 3-D printer, embroidery machine, paper cutter and laser cutter. Now this was something I think I could get into. I've always loved crafty projects and ones that I was able to be more hands on. I started to think of what I even wanted to do. I first looked things up online and on Pinterest, at first everything seemed a little too crafty... I had no idea what to do! This was going to be impossible.
A few days later my mom called me and explained that they decided to move to Katy, TX within the next month, so that my little sister could be enrolled in an even better swim program. This news was actually pretty exciting considering we're from Houston and I'm not a huge fan of the big city life and the extreme, congested traffic. Then it hit me, why don't I just do my project on how Houston has expanded over the past few decades? I looked up laser cut maps on Pinterest (Shown in the images) and the ideas began to flow.
There were images on the maps cut out from paper placed in picture frames, instead of making it like that I could find 3 or 4 different maps of Houston, all from different time periods, some how program that into the cutter, and cut out the maps. Next I would put them each in front of a colored paper, so it's easier to see, frame them, and then hang them up side by side to see just how much Houston has expanded.
My next step is to find different maps, figure out if I should use a paper cutter or laser cutter, how to use it, and how to program is to cut each map. I'm honestly pretty excited to see how this ends up!
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