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Fabricating Custom Jewelry Designs Using Math!
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{{:rider_crest_in_silver.png?90 |}} Together with the design school [[http://www.breivang.vgs.no/|Breivang]] in Tromsø, northern Norway, students learned how to take their designs from a paper sketch, to a 3D digital model, to a fabricated, custom piece of silver jewelry.
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Along the way they also learned how math applies to real world examples by using [[http://hyperfun.org/|HyperFun]] to produce 3D models of their objects. Other skills they learned: beginning programming skills, and an introduction to manufacturing tools such as the [[http://www.rolanddga.com/asd/products/scanners/MDX15/|Roland Modela]], and the [[http://fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page|FabatHome 3D printer]].
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After the students first lessons in 3D applications (using both [[http://sketchup.google.com/|SketchUp]] as an easy introduction into the 3D world and [[http://hyperfun.org/|HyperFun]]), the designs moved from paper to digital models. The next step was to wax cast using the [[http://www.rolanddga.com/asd/products/scanners/MDX15/|Roland Modela]].
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{{:breivang_modela.jpg|}} \\ The students learn how to use the [[http://www.rolanddga.com/asd/products/scanners/MDX15/|Roland Modela]].
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{{:duck.jpg|}} \\ The exploding duck pendant.
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{{:guitar_astro.jpg|}} \\ The guitar pendant and the astrological sign pendant.
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{{:wax_jewelry_00.jpg|}} \\ Another pendant design.
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Next, rubber casts were made.
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The students then used a very unique silver clay and carefully painted this into their rubber molds.
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Using a portable kiln, the jewelry was fired at high temperature.
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And finally, after a little polishing, the finished jewelry products!
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