We were asked by our tutors to practice showing off our work and ideas with a simple A4 page with an in contecxt image and a sentance explaining the overall idea. This was my page.
I used my latest working model and photographed a classmate wearing it outside on the grass.
3D printing sole
I began printing the parts for my final working soles, these are printed in seperate pieces and will be glued together. This is because I did not have access to a 3D printer bed that was big enough to print a full US9 mens shoe sole in one go (thats my size shoe).
While 3D printing with TPU 95 there where always learning curves. It was a difficult material to print with and so this layout failed completely. The filament needs to be stuck to the bed really well and the first layer is very important to keeping everthything stuck down. I needed to do my prints one at a time and be checking to make sure the layers stick well with no raises.
The parts will be printed as shown so the longest print is only 5 hours and i am able to check in on them to see how they are doing.
These are the resulting prints.
Rik Olthuis Design 