layered Ephemerality
2024 Bio-ID Year 1
Teammates: Muze (Chris) Ouyang, Humberto David Gil Garzon
Studio Instructors: Pradeep Devadass, Javier Ruiz Rodriguez, Ian Robinson, and Elle Hetherington
Overall render around week 1 (render by Muze)
Foam Casting
A method typically used for metal work, sand casting allows for quick turn over from one mold form to the next. This method reuses the same material as many times as desired. Builder’s sand was mixed with top soil and enough water to hold the material together. After tamping the sand mix into the mold and dried out, the sand can be carved to close accuracy to the desired form to cast the foam into.
Each foam density was cast relative to the others to create a form with predictive erosion.
Ephemeral Layering
Diagram of patterned erosion
Form from control points
Pool size distribution
