Day 2 - Bunnycows, alien eggs and twisted pyramids

Day two was spent getting stuck into it. I have started formulating a plan for what I hope to achieve throughout the month. 

• Week one will be experimenting to find out what works, testing different settings and printing pre-existing models. 
• Week two will be an ambitious attempt to create a larger scale figure comprised of smaller printed parts. 
• Week three will be exploring ways to integrate the models into other artistic practices and incorporating other materials. 
• Week four will be working towards one high quality outcome which I hope to have coated via vacuum metalising.

Today I was kept busy with members of the public but managed to print a ZBrush sculpted art-deco alien-egg object, a Stanford bunny with a bulls head and a pyramid made of stacked, twisted rectangles. I have brought the alien-egg home and am currently soaking it in a bath of green food dye to give the object some colouring. An interesting point to note is the buoyancy of the ABS plastic. The alien egg has a three strand thick surface and seems watertight and very buoyant. Radio controlled watercraft enthusiasts who are also 3d designers will find nirvana with this material; it is light, flexible and strong. so far the object doesn't seem as receptive to the dye as I had thought it would be; it seems to stain the material rather than be absorbed by it.