Amanda Avery OBDF blog

 

Laser Cut Prep. I chose to do a simple 4'' X 4'' square for the pattern. I chose this as I felt the square shape might offset the round shapes seen throughout the design, especially through the clouds and balloons. I wanted the clouds to be the highest point of the cut, so I chose not to fill them in with anything instead of colouring them white. The deepest part of the pattern I wanted to be the actual balloon shape, as I felt that this would attract the eye to this pattern. Next, the dot pattern, the cords and the basket were all coloured with the same grey to make the balloon feel more unified. Initially, the background of the pattern was to match this grey, but Peter thought it better if the background was darker so that the pattern wasn't so matching. Laser Cut Sample. I chose to cut on birch wood. I wanted to select wood for my sample as I felt that the wood grain might give the pattern some interesting texture. I thought that this idea worked really well, esp

  My chosen object was a small handheld flashlight. The First step I took was to create the outer shell of the object. I did this by taking the height and diameter measurements. Where ever the object changed in size got a new circle. I then created the geometry by lofting these circles together to create the shells. Once I had the exterior shell of the flashlight constructed, I started on the lightbulbs. To create this, I made one bulb shape using a cylinder and a sphere. Once I had to measure them to the proper dimensions, I mathed out how many bulbs there were, the amount of space between them, and the angles in which they rotate around an axis. Flashlight end with glass in it. Flashlight end without glass. The final thing I did was split the shells into pieces so that I could begin to model the inside surface. I did this by taking a cylinder and using BooleanSplit to separate the shell into three separate pieces. Then, using the strategy that we learned last week in class, I began m

  Generally had no problem making these shapes. The only serious issue I had was with shape #6. I had exploded the outside border edge, and Rhino would not allow me to rejoin the curves, and I could not figure out why.

 For my reverse-engineered object, I have selected three objects. A pen, a small flashlight, and a box cutter. All three of these objects are mechanical in nature and are easy to disassemble and reassemble. Object #1: Pen                                                                             Pen - Assembled Pen Disassembled. I believe the pen might be a good choice for this reverse-engineered object; it is not too large and is extremely simple to disassemble and reassemble. One of the Biggest obstacles I see with re-building a pen would be taking the measurements of the tiny pieces, like the black piece pictured above, where it moves from thick to narrow within one solid piece. Object #2 - Box Cutter Another object that I would look at reverse engineering would be a boxcutter. While this object is easy to disassemble and reassemble, I would like to stay away from this object just because of the sharp blade that is involved in the making of this object. However, I think the various

 Research Photos What appealed to me about many of these patterns was the juxtaposition of simple shapes to create a complex design. These patterns are usually made up of very simple shapes (rectangles, triangles, circles, and polygons). How the designers chose to overlap these shapes is what shapes the apparent complexity. Looking at some of these patterns, it is easy for people to think initially that these shapes are very complex and hard to replicate, but upon closer analysis, that is simply not true. Another pattern that attracted me was the more childish ones (the cow pattern and the frog). I enjoyed the playfulness of these patterns with simple animal shapes, usually with a simple background. Using these simple shapes, the designers again use simple shapes to create complex appeals patterns.  This simplicity is what I was trying to capture with my design. I wanted this juxtaposition between complex patterns contained within a 'plain' background. The last image is the thu