Mcor/Anarkik3D project part 2
Ann Marie's 3D printed bangle painted using acrylic paints
This bangle has been designed using Anarkik3D’s haptic Cloud9 sketch modelling software and 3D printing by Mcor using their Matrix printer. The designer, Ann Marie Shillito, is a strong advocate of 3D printing and particularly enjoys designing to use the printed object as the end product, adding value to it through the finishing process. This bangle has been finish using acrylic paint with touches of gold paint for sparkle. Earlier pieces were also gold leafed too.
As a designer jeweller she uses her expertise to design products and objects to test Cloud9 through all stages of its development, particularly as a package for use by professionals for concept modelling forvisualising both as a digital form and as a 3D printing model. The next stage of the project is to have designs printed in layers of coloured paper as this will illustrate particularly well the potential for designers, applied artists and artists of combining the material/build process offered by the Matrix with Cloud9’s special capabilies for creating organic free flowing forms. The colour layers of the build emphasise non uniform curves hence the intention to explore this effect by designing for printing in layers of coloured sheets.
AMS: digital bangle in Cloud9
AMS intends to capture the full process from design to finished object, using screen captures such as the one on the right, and photographs of the ‘peeling’ process (stripping away the waste paper) to clearly show the building process (in a interesting reverse order) and the integral supporting mechanism that the Matrix has. An understanding of the affordances and constraints of this method of 3D printing should enable concepts to be pushed further and thereby challenge oneself at the design stage to be more adventurous and explore this technology more knowledgably. Ann Marie’s work will be covered in this blog as designs are developed, the objects printed and then finished.
Tavs Jorgensen's Mcor 3D printed piece
This was the first stage, the pilot project as it were, and there were three designers who participated. Sandra Wilson’s work has been covered in an earlier blog. The 3rd person is Tavs Jorgensen and his 3D printed piece on the right shows an arched block with one surface pulled up into rows of peaks at differing heights. The most economical positioning for printing, that is horizontal, has left the tops of the peaks vulnerable and a number have come adrift. Knowing more about how this might be avoided will also inform the design process.
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