In order to represent the shape and the fabrication of the shape we attempted to construct a scale model of the final shape. This was in order to experiment with fabricating the full size model when we have access to the CNC machine. After organizing all of the layers onto an Adobe Illustrator file we setup a sheet of 3mm birch plywood on the machine (The final design of the scale was rendered into a 6:1 ratio to what would be the final model).

I then proceeded to label each individual piece (1-50 separated into two sides A and B) in order to track the construction of the shape.

The pieces were then removed from the laser cutter and organized onto a cutting sheet in order to begin assembly. Matt and I began gluing the pieces from the bottom up and quickly realized we made a mathematical and a design error in the design of the 2d layout. We had not accounted for the bevels we had designed for the cnc router to cut into a full 18mm thick sheet of plywood, and in that we had layed out 50 layers onto the 2d plane instead of the originally mapped 25 layers (which were designed and exported in a 3d context). We continued assembly as this was a test to work towards the final model and Matt noticed that our reference point on the shapes did not align to the ratio that was exported as well. We were successful in the assembly plan, however, we did not allign the two halfs because of the issue with the ratio and distortion of the reference point.