A few pieces made with
our Material Library's
Makerbot that in some of the design attempt to subvert (or take advantage of) the fact that this fabrication process doesn't use/ build any supports (see the designs towards the bottom of the post, where the builds have been selectively encouraged to 'unwind')...
The other designs use the
interrupted technique that, in the case of
Makerbot builds, reveals a more honeycomb-like (hexagonal) support structure rather than the square grid made by the
FDM process...
The designs aim to take advantage of the particulars (idiosyncrasies) of this fabrication process and it would not make sense, or be realistic, to make them by any other means. Here the additive fabrication process and the conception of the design are inherently entwined...
Digital
Wabi-Sabi indeed...
A big Thank You to Richard Lombard for all the help with the realization of the pieces...
Top, Above & Below: A few renditions of a small condiment dispenser using the interrupted fabrication technique.
Above and Below: A red and white version of the 'Arrow' condiment dispenser. Here the wide end of the cavity can be used when larger quantities of the condiment are needed, and the narrower, more pointed tip when less, or more controlled, amounts are preferred.
Above & Below: A two way condiment dispenser, where either end (one inner surface being more oblique and textured than the other) of the dispenser can be used...
Above & Below: A two tier condiment dispenser where the condiment-storage-cavities are angled in such a way that either can be poured without the other one leaking (see an earlier design using the same technique by clicking here)...
Above & Below: A few bowls where the inner cavities were angled in such a way to just slightly go beyond (or, in the case of the green bowl, subtly 'trickle over') the oblique build tolerances of the Makerbot in our Materials Lab.
Above & Below: A mini vase
Above & Below: A 'prickly' bracelet also exploring the Makerbot tolerances in a more textured and dense way...
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