thursday vivian street

I am working with the 'protective' vessel concept. I asked sarah for some help and she showed me how to create the rows of tiles in Solidworks so I can bend them into a vessel shape:

Solidworks

 But I feel more comfortable now working with 3ds Max and worked out how to achieve the same effect in that programme.


Here's what happens if you add more tiles and 'melt' the top:

...and what happens when you make it 544 tiles and melt the top and bottom:

...and add the 'spherify' modifier:

Is it just me or are these images now starting to look like photos of artifacts for sale in Tribal Art Auction Catalogues...