RISD CAD/Rendering

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

"For artist Helen Shirk, a consummate perfectionist who is known for hand-cutting all of her sterling and steel pieces, the question of whether to pierce her forms by hand or allow a machine to do it is simple: “allowing the machine to intervene means that [she] has more time to focus on experimentation and produce work that is more elaborate since she is liberated from a repetitive process.”[7] In the past, artists would hire assistants to cut the simple forms for them; now we have machines. Either way, it didn’t come from one hand. “My hand didn’t touch it but my mind did,” Shirk says..."

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Project 1 Digitize

Digitize (Due Oct 12th)

Assignment brief:

To better understand how Rhino works you are to find an image of a piece of jewelry that fits into a specific historic jewelry time period (IE:Victorian, modernist, art deco, Berlin iron jewelry etc). “Digitize” it Rhino using only the photos you find. Once this copy has been “digitized”, create two accompanying objects that share the same aesthetics to create a set of jewelry. For example: if you copy a brooch, make a pair of earrings and a ring to match. (one pair of earrings do not count).

Learning outcomes:

Students will use modeling skills obtained through previous exercises to model a copy of a “found” piece of historical jewelry. Students will have better understanding of the pros and cons of a digital workflow by duplicating an existing piece of jewelry.

Skills list:

Basic, intermediate and advanced Rhino modeling techniques.

Concept:

Duplicate and iterate jewelry from reference photos. You must use photographs or hand renderings.

Research:

Visit the library and find photographs of jewelry. Use the reserved material in special collections to find reference material. Try to find multiple views of the piece you intend to copy. This will provide more visual information and a better understanding of scale and form.

Questions/Prompts:

How can duplicating a piece of jewelry help inform your digital modeling workflow?

Can you see trends in jewelry from your research?

How can symmetry solve wear-ability issues?

What role does identity play in your piece?

What do you have to borrow to make a new object part of a set?

Expectations:

Model a copy of found piece of jewelry. Layout drawings are expected. All layout drawings should be printed in full color on 8.5 x 11 paper and turned in on the day the project is due.

Project 2 CASE by CASE

CASE by CASE (three week project)

Assignment brief:
As humans we naturally put things in to categories, compartmentalize our surroundings and even organize objects within objects. A container is usually defined as an object that can be used to hold or transport something. Design and fabricate a wearable container. Choose an object that, in your opinion needs a case/container. Use Rhino, laser cutting or 3D printing to create a housing/external case that changes the original objects meaning.

Learning outcomes:
Students will use Rhino and 3D printing model and fabricate a wearable that
contains an object. Students will
have better understanding of measuring and modeling by accurately duplicating a real-world object.

Skills list:
Advanced Rhino modeling techniques and 3D printing

Concept:
Learn how to accurately model an object and create a holder or case for that object.

Research:
Do your research. Find packaging. Look at suitcases/pelican cases. Look at blister packs. How much volume
of material is needed? Look at high-end liquor packaging. What happens when the contents are consumed?

Questions:
How would you define a container?
Does making a container for an object make it precious?
How can a container be more than a container?
What would dictate the outside shape of a container?
What are you containing?
What percentage of an object needs to be covered in order to define something as “contained”?
When a container acts as a protective covering why aren’t objects designed to require a container?
Does your object have to come out? OR is it a break glass in case of an emergency type of object.

Expectations:
Model a copy of found piece of jewelry. Layout drawings are expected. All layout drawings should be printed in full color on 8.5 x 11 paper and turned in on the day the project is due.