Day 5 is Friday. All over the world people get ready to enjoy the weekend. With this general ambience around the lab, I proceeded to develop the sculptural forms that were in my mind and on flat ideas sketches. This is where things come to life, where 2d becomes 3d in reality. Today was also a big day of experimentation with the 3d printer. I managed to print some people from 3dsMax, there were some artifacts. When I tried to print an ant from 3dsMax, it really went wrong! The main problem was that the model had no base, when the printer printed thin legs of the ant, they had no base to hold to so the printing head ripped these fragile elements away from where they should be. A good lesson to learn, the next attempt at this ant, there will be a square base to attach the legs!
end of day sketch and wooden triangles
failed attempt to print the ant
printing walking people
pushing wooden triangles around