Sowmya Rajendran: Project 3: Serial Form

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Week 6:

For the laser cutting project, I decided to use my form model I printed out a few weeks ago. I found a Korean sculptor by the name of Park Chan Girl who makes some beautiful figure sculptures using this same method. I love how some areas of the figure disappear when viewed from different perspectives. 

Sculptures by Park Chan Girl

First, I went into Maya and made my figure a solid, imported the model back into Rhino and began setting up the layout for laser cutting. 

Ghosted View of Model

Cut sheets laid out & labelled using horizontal contours

Horizontally Sliced Model

Vertically Sliced Model

I used a grey plastic material, in order for the contours to be easily seen. If this piece were to be translated into a larger sculpture, I would prefer it to be made using metal, so that the piece better interacts with the environment it is placed in.