Papercraft Assignment:
By Marina Dawson
This project allowed me to look at the process in which Rhino 7 breaks down curves and utilizes them to create forms. I learned how to manipulate objects in space and the know how's of using Rhino (planar surfaces, rotations, and rendering 2D objects). What I find interesting about this is we can take a deeper dive at the complexities of the meshes and how small triangles and utilized to create these masterpieces.
What I particularly enjoyed about this tea cup are the complexity of taking a small sphere and mashing it down to create a 2D surface, and the ways in which I can wrap my head around how these surfaces can unwind and rewind to create the papercraft version, and the teacup.
I decided to start out small with this project and stick to what I knew with the first few designs, this one being a fridge allowed me to apply my knowledge of rectangles and boxes and relate it to the exercise that we did in class, which helped me ease into the assignment.
Over the summer, I spent quite a bit of time skate boarding, so, I decided to create a 3D model of my board and I found that I had a lot of fun breaking down my shapes and imagining what it would be like to do this to objects in real life. How cool would it be to have a skateboard made of paper!?
Given that it was valentines day when I was finishing up the last bit of my renders, I realized that I had one more to go. That's when I realized that I wanted to create a design of the lipsticks I was going to wear for a dinner date with my boyfriend. Overall, I thought the design was minimalist and cool, and I loved the concept.
After creating countless different Shapes, I decided that I wanted to challenge myself and choose an object with lots of indicate details. That is when I decided to create a model of a fine tooth comb. It was indeed hell, as I began to realize that there was 28 small cylinders of the picks that I would jave to unfold, but I enjoyed the challenge!
After some experimentation with objects that always touched the planar surface, I wanted to kick it up a notch and experiment with moving multiple objects above the axis and see what that would be like to flatten them mid air and then slide them down. Overall, I really had fun messing around and challenging myself.
Compared to the rest of my designs it is obvious that this was the first one that I created, however, I do not think this is a bad thing, because I think that this shows growth and an understanding of how to use Rhino 7.
After experimenting with my Teacup design I realized that working with cylinders and rounded surfaces were somewhat manageable, and I wanted to continue doing this by creating a small planter pot. Overall, I am grateful to have tried this challenge because I now have a better understanding of how to utilize models with rounded surfaces in this program.
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