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Milestone Projects

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My First Definition: First independent exploration of Grasshopper My variations of the Grasshopper tutorials     Parametric Structure & Animation:     Learning to create an animation in Grasshopper First Grasshopper animated gif (result)      Stacked Slices Model Initial concept Grasshopper definition Initial concept: Rendered Initial concept laser cut Revised concept - Grasshopper definition Revised concept - Rendered model Revised concept - Laser cut            Algorithmic Surface Model for SLA Printing     Grasshopper definition, which morphed the design onto my Vase shape Animated gif of Grasshopper definition Renders of Print-Ready Vase Post-processing for SLA print Finished SLA print CNC Machined Mold Positive / Negative: Renders of teapot for plaster mold Foam cut using the CNC machine
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CNC Mold Positive: Proposal

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Currently, my plan is to design my object in Rhino and create a two sided mold. I have two concepts in mind at the moment, which cater to the material I'm using with the mold. My first concept is to make a teapot for a slip cast: I plan on using the full 5.5 inches for the width of the teapot, and currently I also plan on splitting my mold down the middle to make 2 symmetrical sides. The current potential issues I see with my concept are the eyes, which I am willing to adjust, and how thin the end of the spout is. The second concept I have in mind is making a blow mold for glass. I'm thinking about surface design in a similar way to the SLA print project. This concept is not as developed, I know that I want to make a blow mold but at this point in time I don't know exactly what to do with it.
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Stacked Slices Model Final

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A few weeks ago, I did a test print where I didn't realize how small my pieces were. This was mainly as a way to show an initial proof of concept. On both my finished piece and test model, the tree branches can rotate freely on a 3d printed axis. My revised version I scaled up and used the same model, so it was taller with more slices. For the finished piece, I ended up laser cutting my pieces before we covered the numbering and spines. For the circles acting as the spine, I just used the centroid and copied a circle to each piece. As for organizing the pieces, I knew that they were going to be sorted from largest to smallest, with repeat sizes creating a dip in the tree design. Finished piece: Bonus: Around the second week or so of this project, I decided to laser cut the slices of my original concept. Since it was before the class we learned about the spines I found that I struggled quite a bit with alignment. With the tree, I ended up just copying circles into the center so I wa
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Algorithmic Surface Model for SLA Printing

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Revised Design in bounding box: Some feedback I got from the class was to consider the direction that my design is going towards. In particular, which way the "arrow" part of my design faced. I decided that I liked it with the box shape facing up. One critique was to improve the support for the corners, specifically the way some intersections hang with little support. Because I'm using a lattice structure, Bryan mentioned that I could deal with delicate parts by increasing the thickness of the print or else I could use an underlying form as a support structure. Since we will be using clear resin, I plan to use this feedback to create a low relief design for final print using an underlying form. Along with the feedback regarding structure, it was mentioned that the way I set up my piece made it so that new iterations would be fast without changing the surface design. This came with the idea to explore more forms. Overall, I made 14 shapes using the revolve tool in rhino, b
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