{"id":5920,"date":"2023-09-26T13:59:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/?p=5920"},"modified":"2023-09-26T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:00:00","slug":"parametric-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/2023\/09\/26\/parametric-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"Parametric Vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Inspiration <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The inspiration for my parametric vessels comes from glass bubble candle holders, an example depicted to the left. I have loved the shape of these candle holders ever since I originally saw them. Their shape was also perfect for reproducing using Grasshopper so I decided to create my own version of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Design Process <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designing objects through programming was definitely a different experience to using something like SOLIDWORKS. For this project the format was perfect especially as you could quickly change parameters to get spectacularly new and visually intriguing results. However I am not sure I would want to attempt to use programming to design an intricate part that needed to meet specific requirements. This is due to the additional complexity of having to add additional components for any part that doesn’t follow a repeatable pattern. It is far easier playing around with parameters to get a cool result than it is to create a deliberate design. Maybe with more practice designing with intention would become easier. I do want to further play with what I learned during this project to see how complicated I can get the artifacts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Creative Agency <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my parametric vessels I had an idea in mind that I was trying to create. An example being steadily growing bubbles that got wider towards the base. While I took inspiration from existing objects, I never copied these objects directly so I still feel like I can take authorship for the design. This despite the fact that a program was used in the design, because I was still the author of the program behind it. I directly contributed to the parameters that created the vessels shape. If the objects were created using machine learning techniques I might feel differently about the authorship as I wouldn’t be the one manipulating the final form. However, I believe that because I had a design in mind that I was actively trying to create this allowed me to feel greater possession over it. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Problems<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately I ran into several problems with this project that made me less than happy with the final fabrication. However I have learned from the issues that were my own fault and I will be able to better approach future projects. The first issue I encountered was my printer jammed halfway through my first print and I had to pull apart the entire mechanism that feeds the filament to the nozzle head. After this the filament became uncoiled from the spool and jammed the print partway through again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My original code set the size for the vessels to that of an actual candle stick holder as I was planning on being able to use the fabricated objects. I knew that it would take much longer than the 10 hours, however I way under estimated the time. Instead of editing the values in Grasshopper I just used Cura to scale down the design to a reasonable print time. I didn’t consider that scaling down the print would reduce the wall thickness as well which caused major issues removing the support structure. As removing the supports in some areas fully ripped off the walls of the vessel. I would have gone back and made the size changes in Grasshopper however I was unable to given the time constraints on the project. Instead I repaired the vessels as well as I was able. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inspiration The inspiration for my parametric vessels comes from glass bubble candle holders, an example depicted to the left. I have loved the shape of these candle holders ever since I originally saw them. Their shape was also perfect for reproducing using Grasshopper so I decided to create my own version of them. Design Process Designing objects through programming was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vessels","category-studentwork23"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5920"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6360,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920\/revisions\/6360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}