Luminary Project:

Defining the Problem

We need to construct a wooden luminary out of a singular piece of wood that is 12″ by 24″. The thickness of the wood is 0.22″ thick, and it will remain constant throughout the entire process of making the luminary. I also need to craft a light holder using the 3-D printer, which will hold the light in place in the center of the luminary. I will use the Rhino program on my computer to craft both the luminary and light holder.

Finding Inspiration

I found inspiration form the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, an American architect who was very creative while making his work. I looked at several of his glass designs and saw that none of them were really connected, so I tried to make my luminary the same way; each side unique, but different.

Luminary Research

I originally researched Frank Lloyd Wright for inspiration for my designs. Below is a design by Wright which uses negative space to create symmetrical shapes. I found inspiration in this when I was creating my design, in a sense that I focused some of my designs around negative space instead of the actual wood, just like Wright did. Wright likes to use lots of negative space, but I used more positive space in most of my designs.

Luminary 3-Dimensional Extruded Design

This is my 3-D, extruded final design. As you can see, I focused more on the positive wood than the negative space. The negative space is not very aesthetically pleasing, but the wood helps to balance this out.

3-D Model

I took my 3-D extruded designs and stood them up to see if they would fit, which they do.

Model For Light Stand

This is my first model for the light stand. The edges of the luminary should be snug against the corners of the light holder, with flexibility playing a key role in how well the holder will fit.

Desktop Organizer:

Defining The Problem

We need to construct a desktop organizer for one of our classmates using the Rhino tool and laser cutter. We will use flat pieces of .22″ thick wood to construct our projects, but there is no limit to how many sheets of wood we can use.

2-D Model

3-D Model

These are 3-D models of my final project in Rhino.

Final Project

Unfortunately, the person I made this desktop organizer for could not take it back home with them, so I am going to keep it until next school year. This is what my final project looks like constructed out of wood: