My CAD project has taken a turn
into geometric shapes; I have created a range of maquettes and have chosen to
use a dodecahedron as my starting point. I have experimented with the shape,
looking at different sizes and stacking the shape on different faces, I liked
the idea of stacking the shapes. My project brief is to create a piece of furniture;
the 2D nets I used to make the 3D models interested me because they were hollow
and I thought they could hold something. So I decided to create stacking
storage containers each in the shape of a dodecahedron. I will stack 3
containers in descending size.
Instead of having fully blocked in
shapes, I want to add see through panels within each polygon that makes up the
dodecahedron, so that there is a transparency to see the inner angles and
shapes through the container, however I don’t want to use clear Perspex as it
could look cheap and will reveal the contents of the container too much, so I
will use coloured frosted Perspex held in with a layered plywood frame. Each container
will open from the top polygon which makes the user play around with the
stacking of the object.
I will attach each polygon
segment with wood glue and put a hinge on each lid, the lids will need an
indent to hold the container above, and the base of the stacking containers
will need to have a double base. I have chosen to use 3 colours of Perspex,
Purple, Pink and Blue.
