Thessa Vu - Assignment 3 - Makercase Lamp

 Inspiration

    My lamp was inspired by the traditional Japanese shoji lamps as well as the traditional Japanese brush paintings. Two sides of my lamp have simple line works to allow for the light to shine through. The other two sides I got inspiration from koi fish and bamboo paintings. Those sides are more focused on the image and the overall aesthetic.

References

Design Sketch

Process

    After importing the base of the lamp into rhino, I used the rectangle tool and trim tool to draw the inner cuts. For the bamboo and the koi fish designs, I used the polyline tool to draw them out and adjusted them using their curve points. As I was putting together the 3D model, I used the extrusion tool for the sides and the move tool to make sure they lined up correctly. For the wire, I drew a few circles and then used the polyline tool to draw the initial shape. Then i used the revolve tool to create the actual wire. Towards the end, I used the linear dimensions tool a few times to make sure everything was lined up properly.

3D Model - Layers

3D Model - Naked Edges

3D Model - Orthographic

Laser Cut

Materials

    In Keyshot, I assigned the material oak wood to the main parts of the lamp. The wire is made of a black plastic and the lightbulb is an area light. I added thin panels behind each the the sides and assigned it the material frosted white glass as a way to allow for light to shine through an opaque surface. For the lighting, I added two pin lights, one white and one yellow. I put both lights above the scene on both sides to make the scene look slightly lit and allow for the lamp to cast a shadow onto the ground.

Keyshot - Orthographic

Keyshot - Environment

Keyshot - Environment (Closer)

Keyshot - Close Ups

    For my physical model, the whole lamp is made out of MDF. It turned out darker than the keyshot image because I used a dark brown gel stain to cover up the burn marks. The opaque inner sides of my lamp that were assigned the material frosted white glass in keyshot are made of vellum paper. I decided to take pictures of my lamp in both a bright setting and a dark setting. In the bright setting, I wanted people to be able to see the designs made out of the vector engravings while in the darker setting, I wanted the effects of the light to be seen through the cutouts.

Physical Model - Orthographic

Physical Model - Darker Environment

Physical Model - Environment

Physical Model - Close Ups