Gertrude Gets Some!

[Chris.Botha]

hehehe .. actually im quite liking it myself, thinking i will scale1d for wrist width and have it made by Shapeways in stainless.. only cost about $100..

[Chris.Botha]

The Cross

The brief was to make an ornate cross, 90mm high by 65mm wide with scrolly work in it..

I drew the base with Rhino to get us as far as a weight estimate then filled it in with tsplines for the curly wurly stuff

The Tsplines base geometry


A close up of the geometry layout


and the render.


Deskproto(64bit) made childs play of the 116mb mesh file...


then off to the mill.. roughing.. big ol block of wax


and after the rough out on three sides the final pass with a fine cutter


and finally the first cut is done, the two short arms..





here is a quick clip to keep you interested untill the next post


[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9RSIjCvJs[/video]

[Chris.Botha]

Sorry not been posting too much guys.. Try to pop summign in here now and then.. the previous post will be followed up on my blog when the next stage is ready

http://digital-jeweller.blogspot.com/2011/05/cross.html

[Chris.Botha]

done and dusted.. full article here

http://digital-jeweller.blogspot.com/2011/07/another-stunner.html

[budman68]

Beautiful work as always, Chris, may ask what video cam you're using?

Thanks,
Dave