Forms and Facet Research
I first started off my research on forms and facets about crystal forms which I took images from the internet. I used the images as a starting point to put together shapes that I could use to create different vessels. I have done some sketches of shapes that I took from the image using different medium e.g. water colour pens, watercolour paints, pencils, coloured pencils. I took the shape of the third image with the broken crystals that I then recreated with plasticine before overlapping some of them. The 3D drawings could have been drawn more 3-dimensional. I could have used CAD to draw in 3D then use tracing paper to trace which would make it more realistic and use the media to make the drawing 3D.
I then went online to have a look at some crystals which I Bought. It gave me a good idea on how to incorporate the shapes of the crystals so that I can use the shapes to create realistic looking vessels in CAD that look like my research. I took some pictures of the crystals in different layouts which I would then trace the images in Rhino for the vessels. I made some 3D models of crystal like forms and Geometric shapes.