STUDIO
AIR ALGORITHMIC JOURNAL CATHERINE DEMETRIOU 641497
Understanding Grasshopper`
Sculpture 1
Week One
Week two/three
I began my journey with
Although not very
grasshopper my watching a
complex, this was
few tutorials and being
the one of the first
able to understand the
Grasshopper objects I
basic commands of both
constructed that was
Grasshopper and Rhino.
a little more complex
Although rather simple,
than my previous tasks.
I began by learning how
In order to create the
to make shapes such as
spiral effect I had to
octagons and squares by
use both the Pi and
utilising the point and
Golden Ratio signs. With
line tools. Once I became
the use of the slider I
more familar with these
was able to change both
aspects of the program, I
the heigh and shape of
then
the spiral.
began to understand
the Loft command which I know will be very useful when I begin designing my
Sculpture Using Mesh Week two/three`
For this sculpture I had the intention of creating and designing my sculpture on grasshopper using the mesh tool. after having created a spiral of points using the sin and cos expression command, a surface was created that contained a very intruicate pattern. I then extruded and baked the sculpture which I found gave it more density.