Above are a couple of pictures showing manufacturing process of Evolve Ring Silver, commissioned and distributed by Fluid Forms and co-designed with Krystian Kwiecinski. The manufacturing process begins with a wax 3d print of a positive form. Then a rubber mold is created with the use of the print and once it is ready the actual object is cast in silver.
The entire process takes place in Austria, where Fluid Forms is based.
Filed under: 01 design, digital fabrication, digital paradigm, printing in 3d, processing | 6 Comments
Tags: Evolve Ring Silver, Fluid Forms, Krystian Kwiecinski
I was under the impression that each ring is a one of a kind piece. if so then why create a rubber mold?
Thanks for your comment Jessica. Each ring is a unique piece indeed, but we still need to create a rubber mold in order to cast the final object in silver. How would you approach this problem?
Pretend you were still working in processing. What kind of output file did you settle on to use with shapeways. Links would be appreciated.
Brett, the whole project is indeed done entirely in Processing. An STL file, just like a DXF as well, is only a .txt file at the end, which means that you can open it in any text editor available. What you can do in Processing then is to write a text file which contains information on vertex position and polygon orientation and export it with an .stl extension. Do you have a specific project in mind in which you would like to use Processing and 3d printing?
Not at the moment, but knowing that stl is straightforward is all I wanted to know.
I’ll let you know if anything cool comes out of my sketches!