Experiential Extensions Series - Looking At Clouds

Hi everyone! My name is Ed Johnston, and I will be walking you through an Instructable of my creative process, which involves turning a virtual item into a tangible object. The Experiential Extensions Series is an ongoing body of work in which I mark moments of my existence through complex, aesthetic means. It involves exploration, photography, three-dimensional modeling, and digital fabrication. The first image depicts the process of formulating and generating the digital design of an Experiential Extension, and the second shows the physical sculpture digitally fabricated from that design. In the following steps, I will run through my process of constructing one Variation within my Looking At Clouds Series.  

Step 1: Experiential Extensions Step 1: Collecting

First, I take photographs of curious shapes that I see in my surrounding environment while going on walks. Then, I highlight these areas using image-editing software. You can see a series of these photographs and highlighted regions here.

Comments

[markhutch]

"using 3-D computer graphics software" - which package are you using?

Nice idea!

[edwardsjohnston]

Thanks! For this variation, I used Autodesk Maya to design the forms and Materialise Magics to prepare the design for fabrication. I know other people who have had success with Rhino in order to accomplish similar processes.

[druff]

outstanding!! I toyed with cloud sculpture in my art classes at UCLA. I juxtaposed geometric shapes against efemeral shapes in nature. The technology you are using brings that idea into great focus. keep up the good work.

[dorybob]

beautiful work. I deal in a different 3D world...geology.

[canida]

Wow, those are beautiful.

[GregoriNiculitcheff]

WOW....Incredible
:)

[randofo]

This is a really beautiful and interesting visualization. Thanks for sharing how you make these models.