For this assignment I chose to make a seated figure without a torso where the upper half of the body would be held up by the arms resting on the knees. I decided to make the slices diagonal to the ground which started at the top of her head. Shane already printed my piece before I could upload the file with dowels. However, it wasn’t really an issue. I thought it would be harder to line them up right without the dowels, but all the pieces had an outline of where the piece on top of it would lay. Again, having Slicer open with the model up also helped. This one was fun to build, and didn’t take nearly as long as the flat-fold. It was like a puzzle–first you gotta organize the pieces then start putting the different parts of the figure together. Double-sided scotch tape worked amazing and there wasn’t any drying time. However, putting the actual figure together got a little tricky. The head was really big (not proportional at all to the rest of the body) and heavy. It was also at this point the double-sided tape was too weak at the shoulders, so I propped the figure against a wall and used wood glue to really bond it together. This made me regret making the angle of the slices diagonal. If I didn’t tip the figure over to make them horizontal with the ground, the top half would just slide off while the glue dried. I also should’ve definitely made a base if I wanted any chance of the figure standing up and a smaller head to make it less top heavy. If I were to remake this, I would also add more details to the face and body as suggested in class. The completely blank face does make it look like one of those little wooden figure-drawing models. I really wish it had a base and stood up, then it could have some aesthetic value, but I can’t even display it anywhere at home. At least the no-torso worked out and the arms supported the upper half like I wanted.