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Rift Bowl

Added 2022-01-24 14:40:42 +0000 UTC

Howdy, wonderful people!

This ominous ball of geometry explores the visual interaction between a swirl of fine lines on the inside and a coarse net of struts on the outside, linked to each other only at the very top and bottom of the bowl. The physical separation allows for some nice shadow casting and just gives an interesting depth that I quite liked! It's a big bowl! Here's a playing card for scale:

Also, there's a lid! I didn't necessarily intend this to have a lid initially, but lid options are always a nice thing. This one started off as just a simple lid that settled into the centre portion, but grew into something that interlocks with the struts in a much more interesting way, and it gives a much grander result.

Printing Tips

Nothing here is particularly tricky - no supports are required, and the angles are all friendly. It should scale up and down fairly well, since that outer net of struts is fairly thick, though bear in mind if you're scaling down that the lid will get progressively tighter. There's an 0.5mm tolerance at full size, which is fairly generous.

Print Dimensions

The Rift Bowl occupies 170mm x 170mm on the bed and is 149mm tall.

File location

You'll find this one on Dropbox at 694 Rift Bowl

Link to dropbox post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/31697592

Further Thoughts

In spirit, and a little in form, the Rift Bowl reminds me of the Relic Vase from years ago now! The visual similarities are only limited, but there's a shared sense of the ominous. Once again, my favourite themes show through :)

Happy printing!

xoxo

Sven.