Ailsa Petrie: Week 2 "Flower Power Flashlight"

Ghosted

Light On

Stem Detail

ShapeWays

Flashlight off
 

Flashlight on

My inspiration for my flashlight was an inviting flower shape whose petals would be illuminated when the product is turned on. When I was little I was very scared of the dark, and I wanted to create a flashlight that would help children who had the same fears be less afraid. If a user were to turn on this flashlight, the darkness around them would go away and there would be a pink glow around them made from the petals. I believe that this would definitely help with fear of the dark for young people. 

For my product I used the revolve tool to create the base of the flashlight from the original template. The most challenging part was creating the petals, which I did by using the ExtrudeSurfAlongCurv command. This created a curved wall. I then drew a petal with the polyline tool and extruded that through the wall. I then used BooleanDifference to create the finished petal. I attached it to the top of the stem and then revolved the petals around the surface of the flashlight in two rows. I used two different petal shapes. Lastly, I created the vine around the stem by using the helix line within the stem and used Rebuild to move it around. I then piped the vine with varying diameters to make the vine seem more realistic. 

For my materials I used paint and plastic greens for the stem and vine. I used a diffused light for the lens and pink, slightly transparent plastic for the petals. I did this so that the light would shine through the petals onto the illuminated surfaces around the user.