Hamio Crafts

The process of 3D printing these chess pieces was full of twists and turns. I initially printed a pawn piece for testing and discovered that my design had too many details, which could not be exquisitely printed on a small model. Some sharp edges also could not be printed clearly. Therefore, I adjusted my design, filleted most of the sharp edges, and removed the base (the small mushrooms on the base required support material, but it was difficult to separate them from the support materials, which meant the small mushrooms could not be printed properly. Without the small mushrooms as ornaments, the base was meaningless). I c hanged the eyes from protruding to recessed so that the printed shapes could be more precise. I also slightly enlarged the model to better showcase the details. The printing process is fun. I record some key moments as following. This print turned out to be quite successful, and removing the support materials was easy. Overall, I am very satisfied with this print.

I began this term with a design inspired by the Mushroom Kingdom castle. At the time, my familiarity with Rhino was limited, so the castle design remained rather simple. Despite this, I persisted with the concept and eventually created this chess set. This is my concept drawing. These are the renders of my models. These are the close-up details of each model. I haven't got the technician appointment earlier than April. 3rd. So I could not upload the actual model pictures before that day. Here are the design details.  In order to minimize the supporting points, I divided the model into the body part and the head part .  I designed a structure similar to an expansion screw at the junction between the head and body. The inspiration for this structure came from a mortise and tenon table I had made before. When in use, squeeze the two inserts together and insert them into the screw hole in the head. When you let go, the inserts will separate, thus the head and body can be firmly connect

 The table is finished. Here are some rendered pictures of the table. Since this is a piece of furniture from the Ming Dynasty, I created two Chinese-style windows, a lamp and a pen holder to add some antique touch. The bamboo forest outside the window is a picture. I don't dare to create the entire 3D model of a forest. So hopefully the picture can do the justice. ^_^ I didn't make the desktop bookshelf. For one reason, it is too modern for the antique furniture. For another reason, I really don't have enough time. However, dissembling and measuring a piece of a real object helped me to understand the dimensions better. 

 In order to practise measuring skills with a real object, I decided to create a rhino model of a bamboo desktop bookshelf. Here are the dimensions of this bookshelf.  I will put this bookshelf model on the Ming Dynasty Recessed-leg Table model. I think it will help to understand the size of the Recessed-leg table. 

I started to make the Ming Dynasty Recessed-leg table with everted flanges. The dimensions of this table: 3376mm * 620mm * 984mm. I started with the tabletop and sidebar. This is my progress for now. It's not a very complicated structure yet I still have some difficulties to build the everted flanges. It's hard to match the mortise and tenon on a curvy surface.  I will practise more on the sweep 1 and sweep 2 to create a correct curvy surface.