Public Art Prototyping

 Public Art Forms


Six Prototypes:

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Chosen Form in Situ




    5 Things I Learned in This Class

  1.     Rendering skills in Rhino
  2.    Capabilities of paper as a sculptural medium
  3.    "unroll" tool on Rhino which has proven very helpful
  4.    The rules of Dominant, subdominant and subordinate shapes in forms
  5.     Principles around 3d printing hollow forms 



Thank you Greg!!! :) 



 


 

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