Studio Practice in Object Design - Maddy Birns

  The Bespoke Object Revisited Progress Blog  March 23rd, 2025 So, I haven't posted a blog post in a couple weeks because my updates are not all that exciting yet, but here's a run down on what I've been up to the past two weeks. First of all, I completed my FDM printed tests for my object. A couple issues were creating the gallery for the acrylic to sit in (the little dots to secure the material had to be larger) and the slot for the removable wing got too fragile and ended up snapping on both sides as I removed the support material.  I've spent the past few weeks workshopping the object for (hopefully) the last time.   I also worked on perfecting the dimensions of the acrylic and I finally cracked it. I did a few more tests with three different sizes and surprisingly the first one that was unaltered worked the best.  On Thursday, I sent the object to be resin printed and I'm not certain when it will be complete but I'm assuming by the end of the week. Fingers ...

The Bespoke Object Revisited Progress Blog  March 10th, 2025 I thought about the project two choice throughout the week. I do have an idea for the mass produced object, but I also have my object from project one that is still not quite up to my expectations. Basically what it comes down to is: At the end of the semester, would I rather have two sort of incomplete, rushed objects, or one refined one? So I'm going with the latter. Bespoke Object V2! So just as a reminder, this is where we're at right now:  Digital Model: Test Prints: I keep having issues with removing support material and then the object breaks, so I would like to try a few more adjustments to maybe avoid that issues. I was also recommended to try tree supports so that's maybe something to investigate? Some things I would like to change: make the dots on the inner gallery thing bigger so that acrylic material an lock in make clip less thick (just by a millimetre or two) adjust removable wing mechanism so wi...

  The Bespoke Object Progress Blog  Week Seven - March 3rd, 2025 Okay so, I know today is the due date for this project, but unfortunately, my object is not quite done. I had every intention of completing it this week but had a few setbacks.  First of all, for the laser cut pieces, I added a gallery to the bottom of each wing, so that the acrylic would stay and I wouldn't have to use glue. That was a relatively easy fix. The issues this week came with the printing. After adding the gallery and the little dots to the side of the skeleton, I found the support material even harder to remove than it has been. So much so that I completely broke one of my pieces, which is super disappointing.  My first laser cut trials ended up being too small, and then my laser cut appointment on Sunday was cancelled due to technical difficulties. So basically, I have the completed prints of both detachable wings, but only one side of the clip, so I have to do another print this week....