Wearable Object: Proof Sheet

This week I chose 3 of my ring designs to create in Rhino. I had the most interest in the Venus flytrap design, and I was given some feedback to do some more studies of a Venus flytrap before the abstraction, so I did. The other designs that I got a lot of feedback on were the roller coaster, one person even suggested the roller coaster go over multiple fingers. If I keep working on that idea, I want to go back and try that again, because I was having trouble seeing how it would flow around the hand. Finally, from last week people enjoyed the concepts of both 16 and 5, so I combined what people liked about both ideas, having the circles flow down the ring, and having the spiral at the top holding a ball.

Below is the making of all three rings in Rhino:

First, is the Venus flytrap inspired design. I made the top part in 2D then extruded it and placed it on top. Then I made the open mouth cutouts, flowed them along the ring and cut them out.

The dotty ring also needed flowalongsrf, as the spheres needed to be placed around the ring, I also filleted the surface of the ring. After that, I placed on the sphere and a bowl for the big sphere to be placed in. Finally, I added a piped spiral around the bowl.

For the roller coaster design, I made a track them flowed it along a corkscrew spiral. Then I made the carts and did the same to them. This was a bit weird because the roller coaster should go under where it is on top, but for a ring, I flipped it around.

Here are all the rings on the proof sheet, that I also printed out. I realized after I printed it out that the coaster is smaller than the other rings. I made the spiral the correct dimensions, but the track changed them a bit in some spots. I also thought I made the top of the Venus flytrap to big, but it is actually a good size.

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