Continuing on from first semester 2009, second semester saw me lecturing in a new Free-form modeling elective @ utas. Stepping away from concrete, this semester we dealt with plywood as a medium, attempting to embody material properties into the digital model. The first few images are of the proof of concept.
In groups of 4 students first laminated 4 sheets of 1200x2400x25 plywood together creating a 100mm think slab. this allowed for the rhino surface to be milled to a maximum depth of nominally 80mm. The images below show some of the final results. Interestingly, this class was my first venture into teaching grasshopper in a studio environment. It has proved to be more difficult that I imagined, requiring a larger step in skill set from the students.
