Tapirot's Process Blog

For the last class, we printed using a Ceramic 3D printer. I was pretty amazed at how fast it was however when you make a design, you really need to think about the possibility of your form to collapse. So Sara, one of my team mates, had to re design our concept.  Going to the printer, I didn't even realize that it would be inside the ceramic studio. I used to have a class there and I never saw it. There were also printed forms in there made by other students.  Here is the hyperlapse printing of our concept! I can't believe I totally forgot to post my final blog post for this class. It was really fun and with this class I decided to minor in Object Design and Fabrication. Creating a design can take hours, days, weeks, and can be frustrating but once you get the design printed and there's no problems, it makes you feel accomplished. I learned that in order to to make your design work, critiques are important and asking for help is also valuable. Being ...

Yesterday we were placed into a group of 5. My team consists of Sara, Mich, Lex and Shannon. We were told to plan for our last print using the ceramic 3D printer. When we grouped up, we took our printed design and showed it to the group. We started exchanging ideas but it was mostly Sarah and Michi who were talking. Me and the others contributed a little bit but mostly agreed on what Sarah and Michi were saying. Here are some of the concepts that I sketched for this project; We discussed that for the our final concept, it's going to have Sarah's base, using Shannon's Christmas Tree shape with the ends using organic shapes, like Lex's and Michi's form, and using the top of my form on top of the new concept. Sarah did the modelling for the final form, which she made in different colors! We try to include everyone's shape/idea in this model. From what we discussed, the base is a solid for so it could support the top parts, especially when there's ...

On March 27, 2019, I printed my very first 3D design. I was stoked! My design went through the software and programs without any problems however most of my colleagues had to troubleshoot with Greg to see how to fix it. The only design that did not go through was Angie's. The first try went crazy but she kept what was printed and i helped her clean it up so she can use it as a little coaster. The 2nd printing went well at first but then all of a sudden it also went crazy. Hopefully she will be able to print her form next week. While my colleagues and I were waiting for our projects to be done, we had a little chit chat and I was able to connect with them. I learned a few things about them, similarities and differences. This activity definitely helped me with my social skills.  Anyway, here are a couple of videos and a photo of the 3D printers working! Finished! Now, for the hybrid collaboration, my group mates are Tully and Shannon. These are the forms I worke...

Before I started refining the shape I have chosen, the measurement set on the project was in millimeters. If I didn't change that, it would have been a mess, or maybe less of a mess because it would result to a teeny tiny little vessel. After changing the measurements, I copied three shapes that I was interested in. Fig.1 Octagon Twist Fig.2 Starstruck Fig.3 Vase For Fig.1, The Octagon Twist, I made it larger to fit the size criteria. I enlarge it to 5.79 inches tall and 3.17 wide.  I wasn't pleased with what I did for Fig.2 , so I made another model inspired by it. I made sure that the angles of the three stars are aligned.  Last but not the least, Fig.3, The Vase. I placed some holes just for decorative detail but our professor mentioned that the vessel needs to be simple. In that case, this figure won't be my final shape and only for experimentation.  Now it's time for a decision. Starstruck has a very aggressive shape. Very ...

Today, student's were asked to make at least 10 concepts for hollow vessels. I experimented with different shapes and controls to create a vessel. This assignment is definitely more on the fun side of learning things although it can be stressful because I have to think of which commands I need to use in order to connect different shaped curves together. For the first seven shapes, it was all experimental. The first vessel (fig.1), I used a circle for the base and an octagon for the top. The wall has a thickness to it because of the offset command that I applied on it.  Fig. 1 Fig.2 has three shapes involved, two hearts and a circle in the middle.  Fig.2  Third vessel (fig.3) also has three shapes but they're all identical but the middle star is smaller which creates this weird concept.  Fig.3 Fig. 4 is more organic, both shapes have no definite shape and I also used the offset command for the wall thickness.  Fig.4 These two ...

Remember the pendant shape idea, well, I am scratching that. I have two new ideas now especially after the class critique and also after seeing the demos posted on mosaic. The new shape is inspired by the Philippine flag and lotus lamp made by Vivian S. Three Stars and a Sun The Philippine Flag With this new shape, I will make some sort of lamp. Two of my colleagues suggested fairy lights and a somewhat transparent paper used on Chinese lanterns. I will try doing that on my next prototype for this shape. My other idea is the most simple one, using the stars as some sort of bulb like this:  I need to see which of these shapes would work better. I will also use glow in the dark paint for both shapes.  This is the original star shape from the pendant. 

I can't believe it was time to make prototypes. I made a swirly pyramid and printed it to see if the swirls would be applicable in real life. I used the pyramid template I made a week ago. This isn't my final object though. I have finally decided that the object I am going to use is a necklace pendant from an Asian series called Meteor Garden . My boyfriend gave me a necklace of it on my birthday. It wasn't the original million dollar worth of pendant but the fact that he remembers that I love the design of the necklace is enough for me to appreciate it.  I used that photo as a reference for the sketch but for the star I used the polygon setting. I extruded the star to make it solid but I wanted it to be more round than edged, so I asked for helped from Greg and we did fillet edge on the shape.  For the organic shapes, I sketched it and did the sweep2 method in order to make it solid. IT WAS A PAIN. I couldn't join surfaces together and all I can mak...