FMP 3D clay prints

I had my 3D files mailed to the artist who are going to print them for me. A lot of mails are sent over and back with suggestions and things to add, subtract or alter.

One of the vases can be printed without a problem but the 3 others that I sent can't yet: they have overhang.

The person who normally helps me with the 3D files isn't available at the moment. This was a challenge because I don't have a clue what I am doing. But trying a lot I have the idea that I get some understanding and that makes it fun and I am proud that I seem to manage learning this new skill.

I wanted to keep the feeling of the vase as much as possible. in the image here you see the original vase at the left. everything blue and red is overhang and the vase has to be turned to print it. I will be printed hollow and a bottom has to be added, separately, half dry.

At the right you see the result without overhang according to my software. I also made it a bit smaller would take to much time to print and I pay for every 10 minutes.

The second vase that I had to change had more problems. I had to use a kind of brush that actually gives a kind of clay effect to resolve all the overhang. The surface becomes really smooth. Not sure what I think of it. It is a bit away from the original but the real Delfts blue vases have that smoothness to them. From that point of view it is better this way.

The commend I got on this one is that it wouldn't be stable enough to place it on a table without falling and to make it shorter relatively might help or make the bottom wider. I did both. I used a trapeze shape that I made solid and then pasted it to the bottom. Then I combined both shapes.

Adding to the 3D object is like working with clay but also reminds me of retouching a photograph and burn and dodge in the darkroom. The way of thinking. Not always change the troubled erna but often the surrounding to get the best results.

The hardest, in all the changes is to trying to keep the essence of the object the same, the feelings I get seeing it and the relation to the original image that is used to generate the object.

The third one I hope to change tomorrow. This I think will be the hardest because the edges are very pronounced and I like to keep the stucture and direction of the grooves.

The sculpt possibilities with the video I used underneath because I saw that this third vase to change would be much more advanced and I needed more knowledge on the tools.