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[03.) BLOG POST: Mold

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  This assignment took much longer than I expected it would. I just got so stuck on so many different levels but thankfully got some help and we figure it out it can be split into five parts for the top and I think it looks great I did rebuild it again just so it felt a little bit more closer to what I exactly wanted an I hope it goes well I did test it in Autodesk and it looks great I just didn't take any photos because I don't think I did it properly.  this is for the cnc print 

Mold Positive Design

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  I think I still struggle with understanding how molds work in general, but I am trying to get there. I think part of the problem is that I picked the wrong shape for something new to me. I probably should have picked a more simple or familiar shape first so I could understand the process better before trying something more difficult. This shape was very mentally challenging for me. At first, I was trying to make this a multi-part mold where the pieces would be put together, but I realized it just wasn’t working as one mold for the pot and didn’t really work at all. Because of that, I decided that the top piece of the pott would just sit on top of the bottom of the pott piece instead. I really try not to have any undercuts because I didn’t want any overhangs or areas that would get stuck in the mold. Because of this, some parts were broken apart with the idea that they could be reassembled later, but I now feel like it’s almost impossible to make this into two molds one for the ce...

Cast Thinking Study of a Jellyfish bonsai pots

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  At first the assignment was really fun, and my Imagination ran with different ways to use this Process of making a slip cast, ’cause I’ve love watching videos of Slip cast tiktok, and it looks so much fun, and there’s so much you can create with it.  I started with sketches and mind maps before I went into rhino But it felt like I haven’t touched Rhino since last year, so I didn’t do great at first. I just kept forgetting things and had to Google a lot of stuff, had to watch tutorials from last year a little bit, and problem solve on  ALOTT. I started with just making a wireframe of the entire object, thinking that it would work. I just kept struggling, though, with the concept of it and figuring out the best way to place it inside the foam with the sizing and the no overhang restriction. tentacle  wire frame of jellyfish head? body? Which At first I kept making designs that I would create end up having an overhang, then I would be like, OK, could I flip it on its ...