Future Seedpod Fossils (Residency at PDR, Cardiff Metropolitan University)
2015
Makers Using Technology residency, National Centre for Product Design and Research. I trained to use Freeform 3D software and was introduced to 3D scanning and printing technologies.
The learning process and my research into flower morphology and evolution - in particular Polygonaceae, the knotweed family plants - led to the production of the 3D printed artworks.
Ref: Mabey, Richard. "Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature"
computer generated images of the seedpod designs
Evolution of the flower in Polygonaceae (Floral Diagrams, L P Ronse De Craene, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh)
Future Seedpod Fossil, 3D print
Future Seedpod Fossil, 3D print
Future Seedpod Fossil, 3D print
Future Seedpod Fossil, 3D print
computer generated image of seedpod design
inverted image of seedpods
computer generated image of seedpod design
detail of vector dimensional wireframe
computer generated image of seedpod design