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Paper Craft: Prototype Flora Periculi


Flora Periculi


    In this project I wanted to utilize papercraft objects for an interactive installation. It would incorporate the objects as a housing unit for an Arduino microcontroller, to produce  sound and play audio files when viewers are within close proximity. 

I wanted to recreate a plants defensive strategies against herbivores like toxins, mimicry, and mechanical protection like spines and thorns. 

 
examples: Cacti with thorns, Vibrant Foxglove and its toxins, Succulents Camouflaged like rocks. 

But in this case the organism would exist in a fictional exo-planet with strong winds and high levels of UV radiation. Unlike the earth plants that inspired it, this organism would produce sound to deter danger and glow a bright bluish-purple hue. 


On its current iteration I've designed the plant to have sharp polygonal body, and a base inspired by the shape of barnacles as it would likely mount itself to the ground due the planets strong winds. 




Cutting Template: (used blender's paper unwrap addon for a quick prototyping)






















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