Waichulis Form Box (Remastered)

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The Waichulis Form Box is a learning device that contains several basic geometric solids, or ‘forms’, that can be configured in a variety of ways to compare and contrast the way light describes them. It was designed for use with the Language of Drawing and Language of PaintingThe following files were redesigned in 2023 for a cleaner, higher-resolution print by celebrated artist and designer Satre Stuelke (MD, MFA.) You can learn more about Satre and his work here: https://satrestuelke.com. In addition, Satre's original remixes with many of his thoughts and recommendations on this redesign of the forms can be found on his project postings/remixes here on Thingiverse as well as Printables. NOTE: While there is a file that can be used to generate two halves of a sphere included here, we recommend using a standard white smooth field hockey ball (which has a 2.8” diameter (71.12mm)) for your Form box sphere. For those who cannot find a field hockey ball, Satre has recommended a smooth white lacrosse ball which can range from 62.7 mm to 64.7 mm in diameter. As such, Satre has designed an alternate sphere housing block that has a 64mm diameter. Additionally, practitioners are advised to avoid printing the cylinder and instead use a clean piece of white PVC pipe (3” diameter) that is cut to 4” in length.For those looking to assemble the most economical baseline Formbox for use with the LoD and LoP programs, you only need to download and print the first four files:1_WaichulisFB_Cone.stl 2_WaichulisFB_Cube_and_Cone_Housing.stl3_WaichulisFB_House_Block.stl4_WaichulisFB_Sphere_Housing_71mm.stWith these four files printed, a white field hockey ball for the sphere, and a clean piece of white PVC pipe for the cylinder, you'll have an ideal Waichulis Form Box.Additional files are also available here:WaichulisFB_Cylinder.stlWaichulisFB_Sphere_Half_70mm.stlOPTIONAL_WaichulisFB_Pyramid.stlALTERNATE_WaichulisFB_Sphere_Housing_64mm.stlThese files are available for you to print your own cylinder instead of using the PVC piece, print your own sphere (for which you must print WaichulisFB_Sphere_Half_70mm twice instead of the field hockey ball, an optional pyramid, and an alternate sphere housing if one chooses to use a lacrosse ball as the sphere. While the most common print settings that we use are printed below, Satre used the following for his print (photograph above): Print Settings Printer:RailCore II 300ZLRafts: No Supports: Yes Filament brand:ProtoPasta or PolymakerFilament color: WhiteFilament material: PLANOTE: For our finish, we opt to not have the printer sand down the forms and instead carefully do it ourselves. From the forms we have printed from these files, we have used a Dewalt orbital sander with 180 grit sandpaper discs. And as always, please remember to sand in a well-ventilated area with appropriate respiratory and eye protection. An additional special thanks to Sha Whit for his assistance with this project.