Deliri0us3D

For this puzzle fit design, I spent lots of time individually creating 2D shapes out of my render. It was very tedious when picking out the little pieces of the smaller eyes, and I was worried about the logistics of fitting my design together. To work this out, I did a test print with my extra material. This went really well, however, some of my thin elements were lost. I made these details thicker for my final cuts. Once I had all my shapes created and sized, figuring out the print menu was fairly easy. I left out my engraving around the eye in my test and ultimately omitted this as I was worried about overcrowding the design. Looking at my final model, I do wish that I added more engraved details in gold. Once everything was assembled and glued down on the cork, the black engraved details appeared more grey and were lost with the darkness of the surrounding navy blue. I tested out some material on my white model and found that none of my pens were permanent enough to colour on the ac...

 For my coaster design, I decided to develop my "biblically accurate coaster" idea. The first part of this was cleaning up my sketch into a more grounded and physically sound shape. Building this concept in Rhino, it  was very tedious at times to ensure all my pieces were properly constructed, connected and wholly complete. The "loft" and "split" functions were my lifeline. All the colours are individual shapes that will hopefully fit together like a puzzle. The bottom is wood to be less abrasive and loud on surfaces and the rest of the structure will be made of blue/gold and white/black acrylic. I think acrylic will be durable against dishes and the 2-tone effect will allow me to make more colour with less material. I am  thinking about adding smaller gold engraved details but I struggled adding this to the Rhino model.                                            ...

 For my coaster designs, I was stuck on eyes and stars. I really want to incorporate the eyes into my final design because they act as a literal reminder to the importance of "watching your drink". I also love eyes and stars as motifs in general and I'm really drawn to working with these shapes. Since a lot of my designs featured similar elements, I opted to include more of them to try lots of different ideas.  The specific designs I am really excited about are #6, #15, and my overall concept of the "biblically accurate coaster". In my 6th design, I really like the star shape that extends beyond the round edges of the coaster that frames the eye. I am also drawn to the specific details I used for this eye overall. For #15, I like the nautical star combined with the eye. The nautical star is a symbol I have always loved for both its general meaning of guidance, luck, and safe passage home as well as its lesbian history from the 1940s. I think I would like to see ...