Final Images

Progress So Far

I have had my Rapid prototyped model back for a while now but haven't been able to successfully clean it. After talking to my friends who have dealt with the rapid prototype before they suggested using water and a toothbrush. Using the chemical solvent is still an option but some of my parts are quite fine and I don’t want to lose definition on the model.

Final Design

This was my chosen final design. What I like about this is how it harks back to the snowflake and crystal precedent images I used at the start while incorporating Braille as a communication method through surface.

Further Developments and Process

Starting off with a central hexagon I extruded perpendicular branches out which spell out my name using Braille.

To create a more complicated form I created a pattern of extruded rods and used a surface to communicate my name through Braille.

Developments

Here are some jpegs of the developments I have made so far on Solid Works.

What I have been trying to do is create a hexagonal structure which has a Braille surface which spells my name and also creates an interesting pattern.

From here I think I will try take away the exterior structure in order to reveal the geometric, crystalline structure underneath.

Ideas Deveolpment

These images focus on a variety of hexagon shapes that occur in nature. What I’m interested about by this shape is the strong structural shape that can occur in nature. Another idea that I’m interested in is the use of Braille for a surface texture. Braille uses a sequence of bumps in the surface of something to communicate a message etc.

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Project 3 Precedent Images and Ideas

The first four images are microscopic images of snowflakes. What I like about theses is the hidden structure which is contained within very small and delicate objects. Some design concepts that I have gotten from these images is perhaps using symmetry and geometric shapes. Even though they are geometric they are also quite organic looking taking the shape of flowers.

What I like about these next four images is the crystalline surface that they all have. In the first image I like the cracking visible and the rainbow effect the surface has when it reacts with the light.

In the second image I like the mountainous, glacial quality created organically by the crystals. Perhaps it is possible to create a similar colour effect as a post process in the rapid prototyping.

In the next two images I like how the slender crystal shapes have created a ‘forest’ of sorts. I feel that this will be quite an interesting surface texture to experiment with. On the second one there is a layering of these long crystals to create a haystack look.

For the last image the part that interested me was the lattice created and the weaving. In Rapid Prototyping it could be possible to create a weave which I think would be an interesting surface.

Project 2 sletch models

In these models I experimented with a variety of different methods in which I could express a 3D form from relatively flat laser cut layers. I also included a conceptual sketch for my final design.