Lamp Project

Hello! For our final project in 3D Design, we were assigned to make a working lamp. This could be interpreted a number of ways, and therefore was left open. In the end, everybody's lamps came out unique and really, really fun.

For my project, I chose to go with an organic shape.

A jellyfish!

I found a picture online of a bio-luminescent blue jellyfish that was really gorgeous, so I used that for inspiration. 

I decided to make it similar to a paper lantern, so that it would be very flowing and delicate. 

I also wanted to make it glow, rather than "light up", as you can see here:

 

 

The glow gives the lamp a feeling of calmness, you're underwater. The tentacles also flow freely. In all, I am proud of this project. I also had a lot of fun with it!

Materials: Handmade paper from Blick, wire, Christmas lights, glue

3D Metamorphosis

For this project, we were required to pick two objects that related to one another, and transform one into the other in 5-7 steps. 

I chose a fox transforming into a fur coat. The color choice represents the killing of the fox in order to create the fur coat. Although oftentimes coats are dyed black or other colors, the blood from the fox remains on it.

I also created an animation to go with this project:

I am actually pretty happy with this project. I believe that it represents me, and everybody knew what my message was. I would probably choose something more simple if I decided to do this project over again.

Terracycle Project

For this project, we were to create a container using only recycled materials. Since my computer died during winter break, I chose to create a laptop bag out of my old computer!

 I found some orange canvas from a scrap fabric bin, and decided to use that for the interior of the bag. The fox painting was already on the computer, so it was perfect that the canvas I found was orange to match!

The bag is reversible, and the keyboard (which was my favorite part about this computer) is exposed, so when you're bored, you can type on your messenger bag!

Here is the inside. I lined the computer with colgate toothpaste tube for a shiny interior.

Finally, the strap is made with braided canvas secured to the interior of the canvas bag via a knot and some adhesive. I had a lot of fun with this project!

Serial Planes

For this project, we had to start with a flat shape, or "plane". We were to transform the shape using several planes. I chose to create an abstract fox shape from the initial shape of an "f". I used sculpey for the material, then painted it with acrylic paints and glazed it for a final glossy finish.

5 - Face, Edge, and Vertex Treatment

This project was...strange. We had to pick a shape we had previously created, and using little to no references, we had to create an interesting object that had two of three treatments: face, edge, and vertex.

I decided to do something that I had never previously done before, and that was make something that was not particularly pretty or pleasing to the eye. I failed, however. Most of the students did not find this to be grotesque in any way. I guess macabre is just not in me.

Anyways, I did not realize that I only had one treatment until after I had completed it. Maybe I'll try redoing this, but probably not.

4 - Kaleidocycle Triangles

These were a pain. They did not take that much time, especially considering my newly acquired stubborn refusal to spend too much time on a 3D design project.

That being said, the longest I spent on these were not the designs, nor the measuring and cutting out. Putting together the actual kaleidocycles were the biggest challenge I faced, especially the colored design. I could not for the life of me find any instructions at all, so I had to play around with the paper and hope that it did not rip.

Luckily, the damage I caused was minimal, and enough to get me a good enough grade.

I may create another one of these for fun, though next time I think I'll use a pattern rather than do the measurements myself.

3-3.1 Archimedian Solids and Surface Design

Snub Dodecahedron. A shape composed of pentagons and a lot of triangles. This project was very fun for me, and is the only project I can say I am actually proud of. However, it took about twelve hours, and after this, I swore that I would never spend that much time on a 3D design project again, even if that means sacrificing an A on future work. It is detrimental to my other classes, especially for projects that have nothing to do with my major (graphic design).

2.1 Platonic Solids

Here are some various "platonic solids" I have made. 

A platonic solid is described as regular [polyhedral] solids, and only these five shapes fit into this category.

The cube is a hexahedron, the pyramid a tetrahedron. The smaller shape to the right is an octahedron. The larger shape to the right is a dodecahedron, and the last shape on the very left is an icosahedron. Animations will be up in the next week or so, I have not gotten around to it yet.

These shapes were difficult for me to make, but considering the level of difficulty that projects we have been doing now are, they seem so easy.

1.1 Relief Designs

For our first project of the class, we had to choose from a list of 2-dimensional, geometric line drawings, and re-create them using paper. The difficult part of the assignment was the requirement to figure out how to make the projects interesting, while still only seeing lines from a top-view. 

As you can see, I had difficulty with this project - a lot of difficulty. The first design took about three hours, but the second took three tries and around twelve hours, though it looks like it only took   half  an hour. Maybe I will redo this before the end of the semester...but probably not.