Claire Abitz: Practice Structures

We did a few practice structures to determine the technique to use for our final project. The first structure was practice with the contour command, which slice an object into cross sections, which are then stack to rebuild the structure. After putting the pieces together, the small model led to the idea for my final project.
The second practice was for determining slotted connections. The first picture is the design layed out in Rhino. Then I did a keyshot rendering of it in a much larger scale. The last picture shows the details of each piece when slotted together. In the end, the outer dimensions were about 20"x40" for the panel of letters.

The last practice was building a waffle structure with half lap construction. I loosely based the profile shape of the structure off the profile of a face. Finish dimensions are 20"x8". I also included a few extra pieces in this file to put together my panel of "A's."

Mitul Mistry - Final Laser Project

For my final laser cut project, I decided to do a serialized form and use it as an armature of sorts upon which I sculpted in epoxy. I started off digging out an old nurbs form I thought had potential and booleaning on a base to hold it up in Rhino. I then used the contour command and laser cut the pieces out of cardboard. After receiving my cuts, I realized too late that one of the sheets had been processed twice, while one was missing, so I had to do some "creative problem solving" with my exacto knife and the left over cardboard to fill in the gaps. I then coated it all in plaster wrap, and laid on "EZ Sculpt" epoxy sculpt to finish off the form. All in all, it was actually a fairly labor intensive process, but it's also very powerful in that it becomes possible to recreate digital form with real materials at a larger scale than FDM printing will allow.

Rex Brodie – Project 3 Laser cutting

For my laser cutting exploration project I decided to create a radial waffle structure of an asymmetric form. It took a couple of attempts before I successfully created a rib pattern that was aesthetically pleasing and functioned properly.

Unfortunately the Massive Unroll script was not working properly, requiring me to manual layout the laser cutting file. A few of my numbers were missing so the beginning of the assembly process was a little confusing.









































I took a Forging class this summer and discovered that I really enjoy the process. I will create a forged metal base for this piece that juxtaposes the hand-crafted organic forged forms with the geometric laser cut form

Update 2/16/2012.

Neo-Luddite Rebellion, 2011.Forged Steel, Digitally fabricated wood form, 48 x 40 x 40 in.

final project. will see how its constructed, the plan is to vary the segments in proximity to each other. all things are subject to change as i put it together.

scpt250/450: playday

SCPT 250/450 PlayDay

Each quarter as an introduction to formatting files for laser cutting we channel our inner 6 year old and construct forms from modular units that have been cut on the laser. This quarter the theme was animals. As usual it was one of the highlights of the quarter.

Laser Cut Waffle

This project was very important to me. My father died July 6, 2008 and I have been running from conceptual art ever sense. I didn't want to be the girl who "just makes art about death," and "needs to get over it." Instead, I decided try and get over that attitude. Death is something that everyone in the world experiences and can relate to. Art is another thing that everyone in the world experiences and can relate to. So why not make art about death.

This piece was created by waffling a sphere and printing it out on luan. I wanted the sphere to be large enough to get inside but I was restricted by the size of the laser cutter bed. Tired of restricition and ready to solve problems, I cut the sphere into four pieces in Rhino and waffeled them seperately and then bolted them together once they were constructed. The skin is made out of spandex that I sewed together from a template constructed by using the "smash" command on my sphere in Rhino. I made the clock in my enamaling class using the process of "burning out" organic matter to leave a ghost in its place. It represents death going by its own unstoppable time and the loss and memories that are experienced by the living left in its wake. The sphere acts as an egg or a womb. I sit inside and wait for my spiritual rebirth after my fathers death.

Not a fan of waffles.

I tried waffling two different curves, both of which were derived from my weight loss and gain over 52 weeks. Neither piqued my interest.

I also tried to waffle one of the forms I created for the FDM project. Two many bugs in the script. On left. the contours, on right the waffles with missing surfaces.

Project 3, Exercise 1: Modules

Laser cut and notched modular project. I needed a break from all the serious data crunching and I have Mad Men on the mind. This is the result.

Structure 1

Structure 1, detail

Structure 2

Structure 2, detail

laser cut sheet

SCPT 250/450: Modules

It's a beautiful thing when the computer lab is transformed into a sculpture studio. Students kicked off the laser cutting unit by working in teams on modular sculptures created from laser cut unit forms. Afterwhich, they designed unit forms for their own modular sculptural compositions. Great fun, great high-tech, high touch energy. View more photos here.

SU08_Project 3: Line to DWG: Laser Studies

Brian Green. Architectural Study

John Larison. Laser Engraved Skateboard Deck

Fay Helfer. 3d laser engraving exploration

Katy Hall. Laser Hat

Terri Sikora. Broken Heart