OBDF210 Blog by Marina Dawson

 Reverse Engineered Object: A Milestone  By: Marina Dawson I began this project, unsure of where I should even begin. I wandered around my dorm, pulling open the drawers in my kitchen and finding a can opener. At first, I thought this was definitely what I wanted to do, but after finding a small Travalo perfume atomizer, I decided that this was the direction I wanted to take.  Firstly, I began by examining my object and pulling it apart, I also googled the brand and found most of the necessary dimensions on amazon and the manufacturer's diagrams for how the atomizer actually works. In the end, I created this video exploring what I learned and how the object can be disassembled.   After this first step I began to take measurements with my digital caliper, I drafted out this image of my object, completely disassembled and labeled each area while doing this. This, in turn, made the next step of creating the object in Rhino much easier.  I ran into a couple of issues at this point, I f

  Reverse Engineered Object: Progress Report By Marina Dawson After some tweaks to my design, I finally realized that it was as close as possible to the real-life object as possible.  I found it difficult to use the text of my design and I spent over 30 minutes trying to figure this out, even searching the web for help. However, after switching up my strategy and flattening the bottom tube, creating the text on the planar surface, then rolling it back up again,  I finally found success and after changing some of my materials, and even creating custom metal patterns I was happy with how it turned out. I did however find it difficult to find consistent patterns on the web, especially ones without a watermark, but after running it through photoshop I was happy I spent the extra time. I think that not only is this design quite seamless, but it almost looks like the real thing.

Surface Design Study By Marina Dawson After some time pondering what may be an interesting thing to engrave into the wood, I began to think about the upcoming months ahead and Christmas time. I realized that it would be interesting to create some shapes and patterns that would resonate with my relatives to create some possible Christmas gifts. I eventually decided that I would use similar patterns to my texture study and create some coasters that my Croatian grandma would like.   After examining examples of Croatian woodworking, I decided to settle on a couple of designs of Kolos, and after a lot of time, I was happy with the end result.  Here was the final design in rhino that I made.  After a couple of tries with Jessica, I finally lasered my favorite item, and with a bit of wood oil, I think that the final result is absolutely stunning. What I love most is that it is almost impossible to find these sorts of things unless I went back home to Croatia, and now I have a way of embracing