Talen and I used a combined methodology of Grasshopper and Rhino to create curves in a voronoi pattern bound to the surface of our partial-elipse. Once we had the curves baked we then extruded the surface and wirecut the curves straight down through the extruded surface.
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Earlier Rhino Designs
Earlier Rhino Designs
PLA Glow Test
PLA Glow Test
This was a test to see which color of pla held and manipulated light best. We ended up going with the white PLA because with our softer orange light it would need to be visible against the plastic sculpture.
3D Prototype
3D Prototype
In theory this was to be very temporary; the final result would have needed to be milled out of wood so we figured the walls must be much thicker. Instead we scrapped the complicated mess of cutting a shape like this out with a router.
Final Prototype
Final Prototype
We took our orignial prototy that we had at first wanted to carve out of wood via the cnc router, and once we gave up on that we decided to cnc the circular base and just print the far too complicated shape out in white PLA instead. With the shapes the way they are it still manipulates light well, as you can see and there hopefully also be light coming from inside it as well.
Final Product
Final Product
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