Kirsten Warkow: Week 7 Lamp

Ghosted View

Keyshot Rendering

Keyshot Rendering

Laser cut lamp (Lights Off)

Laser cut lamp (Lights Off)

Laser cut lamp (Lights On)

Root Object

UPDATE: Added pictures of the laser cut lamp with lights on and lights off. The finished product turned out wonderfully! The form and shape of the lamp really comes to life when it is illuminated in the dark. Also added a picture of the lamp's root object.

For my lamp design, I was inspired to create a shape based on the form of the observation tower of the Seattle Space Needle in Washington. The landmark has such an interesting form and I felt that it would make a great idea for a lamp structure. I wanted my lamp to remain shorter in size so that when laser cut it would easily fit onto a table and not take up too much space. When modeling in Rhino, I created a free form curve, revolved it, and then used the contour and section command to divide the shape into eight vertical and eight horizontal surfaces. I then used the extrude surface command to generate my solid lamp pieces. In Keyshot, I rendered my lamp in heavy grain wood to represent luan and put a glass bulb with an aluminum attachment in the middle. When modeling with the lights off, I bumped up the contrast of the environment to make the light stand out and shine through the lamp.

Inspiration & Influence: http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/10400000/Sunset-Needle-seattle-10479318-1280-1024.jpg