Monday, November 27, 2023

Michael Murphy - ATCM 3355.001 Project 4: Makercase Lamp

Concept:



I was inspired by the elemental symbols from the cartoon series, Avatar the Last Airbender. The designs felt like they would be great for a lamp, especially with one element on each side. 


Process:





I started out the process with makercase and figured out the length I wanted for each side. I did four sides and the bottom to focus on without a top. Then I created the shapes for the lamp on Rhino 7. The air and earth symbols would be on the front and back sides while the water and fire symbols would be on the left and right sides. I experimented with grasshopper to see if I could change the curves. Later on, I used simple shapes to represent the symbols. Once I had the file prepared, I brought the materials I ordered for laser cutting. 






After doing the laser cutting for all of the sides, I had to make sure that they would fit together to create the lamp. Not every side was aligning exactly the same, so they were glued for the lamp. 



Materials:

I used plywood as the material to do laser cutting on. I also got a lightbulb and a chord for the lamp to work. Once all of the wooden sides were cut, Loctite glue was applied to hold up each corner and the smaller circular circles in one of the sides to keep the shapes together. 



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