Brianna Finkle : Pepakura

I know its belated but here are some images from my pepakura attempt. A very interesting software that has some amazing potential, just takes some getting used to. After a few tries and a very simplistic form I ended up with this dinosaur egg looking form.

Brianna Finkle : Final Collection

After such a great reaction from my FDM bracelets, I decided to create matching rings and a neclace pendant to create an entire collection. I started by modeling everything up in Rhino then having it printed on the Projet Machine to ensure a higher quality of print since these items were smaller and more detailed.

Pendant Rhino File

Ring Rhino File

The project broke last week while printing my files.

Above is what it looks like when the project printer looses vacuum pressure in the middle of a print. Everything was covered in wax and there was no saving it. Fortunately someone came to fix it just in time and and everything was able to be printed. Below is everything together, I am hoping that next quarter I can collaborate with a metals and jewelry student to have some of these cast in metal. 

Brianna Finkle: 3-D Printing

After becoming more and more familiar with modeling in Rhino we took some of our models and had the exported as .stl files to be printed. I chose to make some fabulous studded bracelets.

Brianna Finkle: Radial Waffle Stucture

Once grasshopper was available, it was time to make some waffles structures. Below is a quick example of a radial waffle structure which might make a really interesting light fixture.

Rhino File

Brianna Finkle: Polyhedra

 Below is some experimentation we did with polyhedrons. While working with the compound of two squares I started with an Illustrator file which was then brought into Rhino and the exported for the laser cutter.

Illustrator File

 

First Rhino File

Second Rhino File

Brianna Finkle: Serial Sliced Object

After becoming more familiar in Rhino we learned how to serial slice an object. After inserting a core and slicing the object comes a process of numbering and laying the components out on a flat sheet to be laser cut. Once the pieces are cut the assembly is simple. 

Slices Rhino File

Keyshot Rendering

 Sliced Cardboard Rhino Large

Small scale Rhino

 

 

 

Brianna Finkle : Slotted Sculpture

Below is my first exploration in slotted sculpture. Starting with a Rhino file that was laser cut, several small pieces were created that can be arranged in many different ways. 

Rhino File