Grant Hoskins: Week 7 Lamp

     I wanted to keep this lamp very simple. The lamp will be going in my room so I designed it in a way that fits with my setup and goes with other things in my room. The fact that this is going to wood is perfect seeing as my room has a very rustic feel about it. I am happy with the way my lamp turned out.

     I used a slightly different technique than we were taught in class to model my lamp. I started at the curve level. Once I had shapes that I thought went well, I hit them with a quick extrude and polar array. Instead of using the pipe method, I duplicated my objects and ran a boolean difference. This method was easier for me with the pieces that I had to work with.

     I used very simple materials in Keyshot. The majority of the lamp is an ash. I assigned a dark wood to the edges in an attempt at simulating the burned look you get from the laser cutter. For the Light I assigned a 100W area light. I really like the way this lamp looks with a light inside of it and I am excited to get it cut out and assembled.