Makin' Stuff

 To create the 3D model discussed in my previous post, I teamed up with https://sagedacquel.blogspot.com/ to combine two of our 3D concepts into a single hybrid model.  Here are six different concepts from each of us to be combined into this hybrid model. Here are some sketches I made on conceptualizing how to go about combining one of each of our concepts. In the end, we settled on the idea of using her plant-like structure and creating a "pot" for the plant to sit in using my tilted stack of boxes.  However, we discovered quickly that the boxes were not going to work, so we instead opted to my cat-creature creation and split off its top half to use it as a pot.  The following images were a part of the process in conceptualizing what we wanted the final product to look like. Unfortunately I do not have access to the file containing the final model, so the grand reveal will have to wait until it is 3D-printed and ready to exhibit.

After the use of a laser cutter, I will now also try using a 3D-printer.  To start with, I created 6 concepts of 3D-printable objects on Rhino, which will later be improved upon when I decide on which one I will do.  My concepts are as follows:  1. A pumpkin-like shape comprised of several bent-over tubes and an extruded polygon in the middle imitating a stem. 2. A bunch of cubes stacked on top of each other and bent over.  Could use a lot more detail if I choose to refine this one. 3. A bunch of twisted tubes organized into a square-ish shape.  The tubes fit together neatly. 4. A little round creature thing.  Maybe a cat. 5. A bunch of cones bent twice in different areas and arranged in a semi-circle. 6. An 8-sided star extruded and extremely twisted.