Jonathan Conde Architectonic Lamp

  Concept: I wanted my lamp to be simple-looking but also have a unique-looking shape, so I decided to reference it from an hourglass. It is unique as the top and bottom parts are wide while the middle is narrow. It is also a shape that would stand perfectly. 

Modeling: To make this shape on Rhino 7, I used a wide short cylinder as the base. I then added a taller cylinder but not as wide as the first one, and I made the top face narrower to get that hourglass shape. Next, I copied those two shapes and made them upside down. Finally, I added another cylinder but smaller in the narrow part to make this whole shape more interesting. The width and length of this are 116.73 millimeters, and the height from top to bottom is 162.36 millimeters. 

For the slicing part, I used the Grasshopper file that was provided along with the Bowerbird plug-in which makes the power slicing easier. For the Radial Slice Count, there are 10 so the lamp would stand firm, and 7 slices for the horizontal slice count. I believe 7 is enough to hold the 10 radial slices together without them falling apart and balancing each other.

Rendering: After getting the slicing part done, I rendered my model on Keyshot. I used a wood texture for this. For the name, I called it 'Olielamp', which is the Dutch word for 'lamp'.