University of Toronto - 2006 - critic: Tom Bessai

Starting with Richard Serra's Torqued Ellipse sculpture, operations in Rhinoceros 3 were used to distort the form. A constraint of two operations was implemented in order to adhere as closely as possible to the original shape. Finally, one was chosen and modeled.


Model // red and clear acrylic

Twist + Twist



Richard Serra - Torqued Ellipse


Polar Array + Boolean Intersection


Rotate + Boolean Intersection


(Polar Array + Boolean Intersection) + Categorize


Contour + Extrude // Contour + Loft