Peter Turnbull – Portfolio

January 19, 2022

Peter Turnbull, Interactive Arts, 2021/2022 (?!?!?)

Peter is a senior in the Interactive Arts program, and he aspires to make cool art pieces that meld virtual/digital with real world objects, usually incorporating electronics. Unfortunately, he also has ADHD, so oftentimes the result is just a mess of partially disassembled phones, clock radios, and microcontrollers all over his workbench.

Skill Building

Rhino

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Week 2 – Random Word Exercise

Exercise 4-1

Exercise 4-2

Exercise 4-3

Exercise 4-4

Exercise 4-5

Laser Cutting

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Random Word – “Beef” Laser Cutter File

3D Printing

Image of the original fidget cube
Screenshot of the object copy design in Rhino
The original fidget cube and the two printed copies sitting next to each other

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Object Copy Exercise

CNC Routing/Milling

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files: 3D Milling Exercise

Project I: Viking Longboat

This viking longboat, designed in Rhino and built from lasercut pieces, is meant to push my understanding of joinery, and learning to marry multiple materials together seamlessly. It is made out of 1/8″ and 1/4″ plywood, as well as chipboard, fabric, and twine.

Photo of a lasercut sculpture of a viking longboat, 45-ish degree angle.
Photo of a lasercut sculpture of a viking longboat, relatively head-on angle.
Photo of a lasercut sculpture of a viking longboat, taken slightly from above.
“Viking Longboat”. Plywood, chipboard, fabric, twine.

Project II: Tamagotchi Fidget Cube (WIP)

Project 2, or, “I bit off more than I could chew”. This 3D printed faceplate is only one side of an envisioned “tamagotchi fidget cube”, with unusual components on each side, like the clock mechanism pictured here. I like this idea, and fully intend to develop it further once I get a chance to breathe.

Front view of a 3D printed faceplate with an analog clock timepiece sitting inside it.
Left profile view of a 3D printed faceplate with an analog clock timepiece sitting inside it.
Underside/back view of a 3D printed faceplate with an analog clock timepiece sitting inside it. In this image you can see more of the clock mechanism.
Project 2 (WIP). 3D printed PLA plastic, scavenged clock radio mechanism.

Project III: “The Marching Band From Hell”

Image of our design sketches on a whiteboard, along with some written questions for our professor.
Image of design sketches on a whiteboard.
Image of a computer monitor, with an early draft of a chassis design open in Rhino.
Image of two of my classmates, Asa and Austin, piloting an early chassis prototype around the dFab computer lab :)
Image of two of my classmates, Tim and Austin, doing final assembly on our chassis pieces.
Image of a mostly assembled chassis piece.
Image of Kyle, Austin, and Sam, applying fabric to the chassis.
Image of me and my classmate, Jack, showing off a fully assembled chassis.
Image of Ryan Hoover, testing out one of our chassis pieces!
“The Marching Band From Hell”. Plywood, fabric, PLA plastic, tape, various found objects.

If you want to see more of this project, check out this Google Photos album!

Process

Research

A short(ish) history of RepRap and the evolution of 3D printing

More Information

If you want to find me, I’m probably going to be in Baltimore for the foreseeable future!

And if you want to find me virtually:

My personal portfolio site

My GitHub

My Instagram (@pcturnbull)