Marieta
Langeani
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Process:
Neudi (2023)
Technical dialogue.
MDF.
Technical dialogue.
MDF.
Developed as the final project for a model-making course, Neudi was my first extensive experience with mould-making and casting. The process moved from sketches and material studies to polystyrene models and a carefully sculpted clay master. From this positive form, a negative mould was produced, followed by a new positive cast in polyurethane resin, with the bit holder embedded directly into the body. The piece was then sanded, refined and lacquered by hand.
The process introduced me to the relationship between positive and negative forms, as well as to technical considerations such as undercuts and mould release.
The project also marked an early cultural and personal shift in my education. Its organic, colourful form differed considerably from most of the work being developed around me, and presenting it meant trusting my own visual language and accepting the vulnerability of making something that stood apart.
Designed to sit comfortably in hands of different sizes, Neudi gives an everyday tool a playful and tactile character.