puzzling

[creating a 3D pressfit structure while coaxing magic from the cutting tools]

simultaneously inspired and intimidated after wednesday's tutorial on the shop tools. kind of wished i had a waterjet cutter of my own that i could play with all day in my room, but alas, had to arrange time in the lab, which ended up a tad troublesome because of weekend access coordination. hopefully i'll be alright to work tomorrow morning on this...

i considered the materials at hand, and thought about using the colored acrylic to create cool 3D glasses that really were red and blue lenses popped into clear frames. designed a mod-squarish one [6" across, hope they fit on a face!], and then thought it might be cute to create a cat-eye one. [honestly, have you ever seen a jackie-o frame or a rhinestone cat-eye on a pair of 3D glasses?] this was my chance to glamourously revolutionize the 3D glasses image and industry. the joints at the temple are where the pieces should snap together. time will tell if the nose and earpieces will fit comfortably.

for a bigger idea i wanted to create a lamp using the translucent material as an elegant light diffuser. the geometrics were inspired by
jörg cordon cube lamp and yoko 3-tier lantern. i used boxmaker to create the three tiers, and designed snap-holes to fit the layers together. a small opening at the top houses the lightbulb cord, in which the pendant lamp may be hung from the ceiling.


coreldraw files:
glasses
lamp.1.1
lamp.1.2
lamp.2
lamp.3