Rhino File can be found here: skin+skeletonbox_justin_lin
The fractal pattern is to be cut in crystallized salt plate. The hairbrush is to be cut out of mirrored acrylic.
Materials are both Acrylic; Condom Box is 1/8″, Brain Box is 1/4″.
Originally inspired by a sculpture by Venezuelan artist Jesus Soto, this small scale sculpture made with acrylic using the laser cutter is a different version of his work. It preserves the kinetic aspect of his sculpture as well as the spherical shape in the middle.
Using this photo as a base:
I created a curve for the coral and then extruded the shape up about a quarter of an inch. Then using flow around surface, I shaped the coral extrusion around a sphere.
This is the resulting curve from the coral shard.
This is a front facing view of the extruded coral flowed around the surface of a sphere.
This is a 3/4 view of the extruded coral.
If I remade this project and reprinted it, then I would probably use things like the pipe function to make the coral look more realistic. I would also probably experiment more with different shapes while using flow around surface.
This is the 3D object from a point cloud assignment. I used a pint glass as the object and then practiced using the sweep function to move the curve that I created from the points around a line in order to create the glass.
CURVE TO SURFACE
SUFACE TO SOLID
SURFACE TO CURVE
SURFACE TO MESH and MESH CHECK
Download sample rhino file: curve-to-surf-to-mesh.zip
Reminder to meet at 8.30am sharp at the dFAB facilities in M Morrison for Zach Ali’s demonstrations of usage of the 3D printers.