PAPERCRAFT OBJECTS: FIRST PROTOTYPE

For this papercraft project, we had to make our chosen object in Rhino, unfold it, print it on cardstock and cut and fold it together. I chose to create a kiln and I decided a kiln because I thought it would be enough of a challenge for me while also still being attainable to create. I'm also a ceramics major who is still learning how these kilns work, so why not make a model of it to understand it better? And because I thought it would be a fun object to make out of paper, as the real-life objects are huge and heavy, and this paper version is small and light.

The kiln I was using for reference was this:

And we also have these in the studio in various sizes:

I started with designing my kiln in rhino and unfolding all the pieces.

I made the kiln itself, with its lid, the three peeps on the front that are used for venting in real kilns, the control box (that has no details right now) and the square base with four triangular legs.

Next, I printed out all the pieces, which took some time as the printer was being difficult.

I cut out all the pieces.

Then I realized that while I was fitting this piece (the main part of the kiln) to fit the 8.5 by 11 paper size, I had warped it, making it so it wouldn't fit altogether. So I printed a new one.

Here's the new one:

And the rest of the pieces folded and glued together.

Then I was able to glue everything together! I'm happy with how it turned out with this being my first attempt, BUT I wish I was able to make it WAAAAY bigger, as it was very difficult to put all the pieces together as tiny as they are, and the bottom four legs ended up being bigger than the base of the kiln because of the paper size I used.