SILICONE MOLD | kishiqiang

DIY PROJECT 3 -- THE MOLDING MYSTERY

OVERVIEW

Individual Project

DIY and Fabrication

Carnegie Mellon Univerisity

Pittsburgh, PA

November 2015

SKILLS

Industrial Sketching

Physical Prototyping

Injection Molding

Silicone Mold building

THE JOURNEY

Pick up an object

Design and sketch the mold

Construct the silicone mold

Cast the resin product

THE OBJECTIVE

In this assignment, you are required to build a silicone mold using as existing object, and you will ultimately cast that object in resin using your mold.

You are allowed to use 16 cubic inches of resin and 27 cubic inches of silicone.

MOLD DESIGN

FABRICATION PROCESS

BUILD THE FIRST HALF OF THE MOLD

BUILD THE SECOND HALF OF THE MOLD WITH THE SAME PROCEDURE

CAST RESIN

FINAL PRODUCT