Final Moderation

With final moderation knocking on the door. Visualizing the manner in which to best display my pieces is crucial. As the way in which work is exhibited can also make or break them. 

Earlier in the year we set out to design our own exhibition, and in a world where almost every square inch of land seems occupied thanks to the population explosion and rampant urbanization around the globe, it is no wonder that our imaginations take us to the skies and to the vast oceans. the floating concept illustrates a possible method of escaping urban sprawl with a series of entire mobile, self-sufficient and off the grid exhibitions.

As the world develops, there are new and innovative ways about how design communicates with manufacture. I had proposed to create an exhibition with the element of "future design".

The objective of the exhibition would be to invoke an aesthetic appeal towards its audience in regards to "future design", that being rapid prototyping and additive manufacture such as 3D printing and to challenge the existing fixation with precious metals. To appeal to an audience that cannot comprehend or understand rapid prototyping and creating an awareness around it.

With the above mentioned the concept was taken into Rhino, a CAD software and manipulated to my desire.

The manufactured and printed pieces would then be displayed in the glass boxes as to appear as if they were floating.

Final Piece

The preparation and manufacture for the final piece has begun. This piece was designed to be a statement piece. 

The images below represent the manufacturing process of it so far. 

Sneak Peak

As days draw near a sneak peak of what is to come follows bellow.

Previews of parts that will be seen at the end of the week out of silver and 3D printed components.

3D Prints cleaning process

Below is a link to a video representation of the cleaning process that I have been doing meticulously for the last few weeks. Note this process is not always encountered when using 3D printing but due to the delicateness of the pieces and the material thicknesses this method was best suited to remove the support material. This process was chosen also as the support material expands slightly in water and could therefore damage the piece.

Link: 3D printing cleaning video by author

Further below are images taken during this process. 

End product of one of the 3D pieces.

Manufacturing

With the final day nearing fast, manufacturing has to come to an end at some point, with that said the manufacturing of the final pieces began over this last week.

Below are images of the manufacturing process as the piece has developed before it is completed.

The Final Countdown

As time ticks on and we reach the last few days left to work, the stress levels rise and the to-do lists appear to get longer and longer however are slowly decreasing. Using all the time available to us, getting no sleep, minimal if we are lucky, with every direction we go there is something still to be done. Whether it be finalizing portfolios or sanding and cleaning until we have no fingerprints left, there is always work to do.

As the hand in day draws nearer and the ability to count the amount of days left on our hands all that can be done is the attempt to stay calm and collected in order not to mess anything up due to a hasty rush.