We just wrapped up 3 new bronze rings for our main interaction interface. The three rings are distinctly designed as molecular rings of H20, CO2 and the UREA molecule. Each one was printed with corn based plastic (PLA) on our new Ultimaker 3D printer in the DANM program at UCSC. Special thanks to Sean Monaghan for all the time and effort he put into the project. It was a wonderful experience exploring the process with Sean, of going directly from a 3D printed form to bronze ceramic shell casting without any loss of accuracy or scale. More pics to come of the final finishes on all three rings!
3D Printed 3D Printed Corn Plastic CO2 Ring
3D Printed Corn Plastic UREA Ring
3D Printed Corn Plastic UREA Ring
3D Printed Corn Plastic CO2 Ring
Wax Gating directly onto the corn plastic prototype
Wax Gating directly onto the corn plastic prototype
Gating & corn plastic prototype coated in Ceramic Shell then melted / burned out
Sean Monaghan pouring the molten bronze into the ceramic shell mold
Bronze cooling
Breaking the shell away
Breaking the shell away
Old & New prototypes
The new bronze H2O Ring
The new bronze H2O Ring
The new bronze H2O Ring
All three final rings: H2O, CO2 & UREA
The new bronze H2O Ring
The new bronze UREA Ring
The new bronze CO2 Ring
All three final rings: H2O, CO2 & UREA
All three final rings: H2O, CO2 & UREA
All three final rings: H2O, CO2 & UREA and an older mis-print of the CO2 ring
