For this assignment, I looked at the architecture of the Baroque period. I tried to Model after The Winter Palace, Located in St. Petersburg, Russia. I chose this building for two reasons. The first one is that I thought the highly repetitive style of the baroque period represented an exciting challenge that I wanted to take on. The second reason that I chose this building is simply that I am very fond of the baroque architecture style. I s find the style to be quite beautiful with its bright colours and simple building shape, which emphasizes the complex decorative inlays. When people think of 'castles,' they likely think of Victorian or Gothic style Architecture. The Winter Palace, with its baroque style, is a building that I find very unique and one that I was pretty excited to work on. The shape that I used the most was the rectangle. The Baroque style is very square in building shape and has several rectangular windows. The circle tool was used primarily for the decorati...
This week I built my prism in Rhino so that I could build a piece that would friction fit and hold the piece together rather than using screws. Since most of the pieces sit at a 90-degree angle, I only had to make one piece and then make a boolean difference so that each piece doesn't slice so that when I went to laser cut, there would be slots for the pieces to sit through. There were some problems with laser cutting, such as the red and blue pieces not being laser cut all the way through, so I spent considerable time removing the pieces by hand. Some pieces were cut enough that I could push them out by hand, but for some of the more intricate pieces, I needed to use a Dremel and small files to push them out. Once all the pieces were removed, I spray-painted the back of the coloured pieces with silver paint. Now, I am beginning to assemble the prism.
For my first assignment on the bespoke object, I would like to create a laser-cut mirror prism as part of my drawing project. I want this piece to be a series of mirrors designed using CAD techniques and then laser-cut so they fit together and can be hung from the ceiling. This object is meant to act as a mirror or kaleidoscope in the center of the room, and the completed project will have projectors playing films at the object that reflect the colour back onto the wall. Essentially turning the entire room itself into one giant prism. The laser cutter is one tool needed to create this project. Physically, the piece will need some type of transparent wire that is strong enough to suspend it from the ceiling. Below are several rough sketches and the reference material used. I like aspects of all the designs. What I am prioritizing when choosing which design is ultimately how feasible it is to create in the time frame we have to work in and which object will be the most efficient at ...
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