Category: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

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3D Scanning Haystack Mountain School of Crafts ShopBot

3D CNC Studies: “All Ears” + “I Am Providence”

In June 2013 I spent a week guruing at the Fab Lab at the Haystack Mountain School of Craft.  While I was there I took some of my favorite 3D scans and routed them out of walnut on the ShopBot CNC router.   I was pleased with the way the scans machined and I have decided to use these pieces as studies for two larger works: “All Ears” and “I Am Providence”.  I have not decided what to do with the “Anatomical Heart” scan yet,  although I am sure it will become part of something.

Study for “I am Providence”

Scan of the gothic fountain outside the Providence Athenaeum machined in walnut on a CNC router. June 2013.

A cleaned and repaired scan of the Gothic fountain located outside the Providence Athenaeum at 251 Benefit Street in Providence Rhode Island.  A cleaned and repaired scan of the Gothic fountain located outside the Providence Athenaeum at 251 Benefit Street in Providence Rhode Island. The scan was taken using 123D Catch: 123dapp.com/catch

The fountain was built in 1873 from funds donated by Mrs. Anna Richmond. Fed directly from the Pawtuxet River, the words “Come here everyone that thirsteth” are carved into the granite. Legend has it that visitors who drink the water are sure to return.

This library was founded in 1831, built in 1837, and opened on July 11, 1838. The writers Edgar Allen Poe, Sarah Helen Whitman and H.P. Lovecraft were all frequent visitors to the Athenaeum.

Study for “All Ears”

A mashup of repeating human ear scans machined in walnut on a CNC router – June 2013

Anatomical Heart

3D scan machined in walnut on a CNC router – June 2013

Scan of a anatomical heart sculpture that my husband acquired during his RISD days. This started out as a cast glass piece by Miraim Ewers. Last year during Fab Academy I had made a negative of it using Flex wax and then cast it in hydrostone as shown here: blog.kaziunas.com/?p=5147 I also cast the heart in urethane rubber.

It was the rubber heart that I actually scanned with 123D Catch to create this model. The raw scan is available here: 123dapp.com/obj-Catch/Anatomical-Heart/915340

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Fab Academy Providence -Year II - Teaching Haystack Mountain School of Crafts ShopBot

Finished Decorative Side Table

A few months ago, when I was at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, I cut a side table out of oak plywood on their ShopBot.  I finished the table a month later with a combination of cherry and black walnut wood stain and a final coat of varnish.  These pictures show the final result. This table is currently on display at the Better World by Design Conference.

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Fab Academy AS220 - Providence, RI Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

AS220 Labs / Fab Academy Sign – Metal Etching / Cutting Tests on the Shopbot


The first week I spent at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Jonathan Ward was helping the students there with various metal projects. I wanted to experiment with cutting copper on the ShopBot, so I created this sign for AS220 Labs / Providence, RI Fab Academy  to be displayed at our booth at the upcoming AS220 Foo Fest.

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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Fab Lab Haystack Projects – From Haystack Students – 2011 Session 3 – Week 1

Quave Inman – Molds For Slumping Glass

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Quave brought a photo of a previous glass piece to the Fab Lab at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. We extracted a heightfield from the photo using Rhino and then exported it as a .stl file. We then open the .stl file in PartWorks3D and created a toolpath. The resulting two molds were milled out of insulation foam and wood. The foam mold was then recast in plaster silica so Quave could cast glass in it. Work in progress.

Image Used to Create the Heightfield

Molds in Various Stages of Completion