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3d prints and models
from Morgan Chapin Portfolio 2023
by Morgan C
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Three-dimensional models were created to inspire the space. The models were developed by using software such as rhino and grasshopper and sent to the printers to be physically formed. As a class, we learned to understand the way the printers worked and created our pieces which stemmed from different geometries. The additive process of the printers functioned by laying down thin layers of material in the form of plastic, which become fused together. Layer after layer, the desired piece was finally printed. I also began experimenting with plaster, which acted as a protective/decorative coating for our prints.
As I created more pieces, I noticed an active similarity between them: the art of connection. I saw as one geometry ended on the print, another started upon the following print. This created a relationship between the two printed geometries. From then on, I purposely continued to create both simple and complex geometries that kept a connection between the two. This began to start inspiring my overall concept - coalescence.