Austin Chia- Portfolio – Intro to Digital Fabrication

Austin Chia, Interdisciplinary Sculpture, 2024

Austin comes from Singapore. He enjoys eating, anime and museum hopping. He hopes to develop and sharpen his art practice during his time at MICA and to visit art museums all across the United States.

Skill Building

A series of technical exercises build and demonstrate skills in Rhino, laser cutting, 3D printing, and CNC routing.

Rhino

Word Tracing Exercise

Rhino Tutorials

Ch3_01: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chapter-03-01.3dm

Ch3_02: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chapter-03-02.3dm

Ch3_03: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chapter-03-03.3dm

Ch3_04: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chapter-03-04.3dm

Ch3_05: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chapter-03-05.3dm

Ch4_01: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chapter-04-01.3dm

Ch4_02: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chapter-04-02.3dm

Ch4_03: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chapter-04-03.3dm

Ch4_04: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chapter-04-04.3dm

Ch4_05: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chapter-04-05.3dm

Rhino Practice:

Word Tracing: https://dfabclass.com/intro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Letters-tracing_Austin_2022_01_27.3dm

Laser Cutting

Laser Cut stencil

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3D Printing

3D printed paint tube exercise

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CNC Routing

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Project I:Apple

Apple is an exploration of the various forms an apple can take, as a sculpture, an image and a projection. Through interlacing this different manifestations of apple, the work seeks to get closer to a definition of an Apple.