Smaller & Upside Down is a collection of custom designed, 3D-printed lenses that distort views of faces, each in a different way. The fabrication process was developed by Robb Godshaw and Max Hawkins.
// It’s not always easy to predict how a given lens will distort an image. To make prototyping easier, we employed ray-tracing software to see how our lenses might look once printed. Our process used Autodesk T-Splines to create lens geometry, and visualized its effects using Rhino’s raytracing renderer. With this technique, we were able to quickly create lenses that achieve a desired effect. We used the Objet 3D printers at Autodesk’s Pier 9 Workshop to manufacture half of the lenses. They were printed with VeroClear resin to achieve transparency. The rest of the lenses were milled out of acrylic plastic on a 3-axis CNC router. After printing or milling, all of the lenses were sanded to optical clarity. //
