Little Vessel

 Vessel of Choice

After running around Pinterest for a bit I found this thing in a set of office supplies, I thought it would be a fun exercise for the assignment so I just went for it.

https://pin.it/10jPFB3bV

Steps

I started by laying out a circle and from the top point of that circle layered another smaller circle within it. From there I arrayed the smaller circle 8 times. I then needed to make the protruding drops, so I made a rig to take one of the circles and place it in the middle of the next circle.

Then it was a matter of scaling the drop circle to meet the edges of the circles next to it. To make that happen I made another rig to make sure that they were meeting at a point that wouldn't make an edge, then scaled it to the intersection.

I then arrayed the now-aligned circle along the first larger circle 8 times.

I then removed the guiding circle and trimmed away any unwanted sections to make the splatter look I needed.

I then joined and extruded the shape, and attempted to shell the object to make it capable of holding something. I had to do this a few times to get to the right thickness. To make the space in the tighter sections I had to scale2D the object outwards to make more space. To do that though I made a circle to give me something to lock onto, so the object's dimensions wouldn't become distorted throughout the process.

It was once I was done and reading through the assignment's blog post, that I found that the object must be under 6cm tall x 5cm wide. Since my object was in inches and too large, I had to scale the item down to fit the parameters.

3D printing thoughts

I'd say that this object could be printed in PLA, and on a cantilever printer. with the way the object is positioned, I don't think that the printing process will require supports, due to the object just moving upwards and never protruding in space. I will say though, that I am worried whether or not the object's 0.197cm thickness will be too thin and cause issues. I may need to make it thicker, but only time will tell.

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