Garret Wishnick, Interdisciplinary Sculpture, 2026
Garret Wishnick was born and raised in New Jersey and he had a passion for art at an early age. Some of the mediums that he work in is drawing, painting, sculpture, and a little bit of animation as well. In his personal work, he creates original characters for either aesthetic or symbolic purposes.
Skill Building
A series of technical exercises build and demonstrate skills in Rhino, laser cutting, 3D printing, and CNC routing.
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Project I: The Masked Dragon
For this project, I decided to make a lantern with an outline of a character of my own design called the Masked Dragon.
Process
I first made a sketch of the lantern and the Masked Dragon. I then made a digital drawing of the dragon and outlined it in Rhino as well as the pieces for the lantern. After laser cutting the pieces, I then pieced the lantern together with wood glue.
Project II: Mug
For this project, I decided to 3D model a mug. The reason why I choose a mug is because it’s an item that I had for a while and felt a little bit more connected to than a bottle of glue or pills. I also liked the simple and unique shape to the mug as well.
Process
My process required me to first fully measure the mug like the handle, ridges, and the cup part of the mug with a calibrator. I then went into Rhino to 3D model it. I ran into some trouble trying to figure out how to 3D print it and the techs had to help me join all the parts of my mug before 3D printing. Eventually, I was able to 3D print the mug.
Project III: Shatter Mug
My idea for this project was to make a body for my mug that I used as reference for project ll. I wanted to create a body that would have possible limbs and a waist. There are some things that are flawed about the body that I made like how they’re loose joints that pop off and can’t support its own weight. I would like to keep working on this specific idea so that I can create a stable figure that can support its own weight.
Process
When I was first designing and then 3D printing the possible body it completely failed. Nothing fit on to each other except for the elbow and knee joints. My second attempt went a little bit more smooth where all of the joints connected with each other and was able to pose around. However, overtime the joints became very loose and won’t bleed to support it’s own weight. I would like to keep experimenting with creating possible figures and figuring out better ways of making them.
Research
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1skutYcOZevbRg8PSFTDIRqNml6zLHAT_1DgiRNWmjzc/edit?usp=sharing
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