By order of 3D Culture we were allowed to produce an imposing, 4 meter high figure. First, individual body parts were milled from polystyrene using CNC machining centers.
Since the figure was later to be given an illuminated arm by the customer, cable ducts for the electrical installation had to be taken into account.
The milled individual parts were glued together and the surface was given an initial sealant. Thus, the giant was ready to be sheathed in FRP. After the finishing work on the surface, it was painted uniformly in white according to the customer’s wishes.
The impressive giant then cut an undoubtedly fine figure at the trade show for five days.
This 2m high display model represents a multiple enlargement of a dental implant. It is used for illustration purposes at trade fairs and exhibitions in the dental field. The data supplied by the customer was prepared by ACCENTFORM in CAD/CAM programs.
The individual parts were manufactured and assembled using our CNC milling machines. The B1 classification had to be taken into account. The styrofoam model was then encased in FRP and smoothed.
The smoothing of the surface is a very complex process, here the surface is sanded 3x, 2x filled, so that the final finish paint can be executed in a high surface quality.
The surface painting was done in a noble titanium look, true to the original – smooth on top and provided with a rough surface in the lower area of the implant.
To ensure stability, the model has received a steel plate in the base area.
Faszinierende Illusion – ein Blickfang für die Besucher
The principal of the “floating faucet” is based on an optical illusion. In a transparent tube, water is pumped into the faucet. The water flows and then, falls back down on the outside of the clear tube. Because the transparent tube with the water intake cannot be reflected in the “waterfall”, the impression is created that the water comes out of nowhere.
The floating faucet is an eye catcher for waterworks and gas- and water installation companies. The coated item costs 6800€ plus value-added tax (VAT).
For the building material dealer, MeckRohr, we designed by means of CAD, an oversized fibreglass outlet valve, made of hard foam and covered with 2 mm thick fibreglass laminate. Subsequently, the outlet valve was finished with an acrylic varnish.
Den schwebenden Wasserhahn können wir in folgenden Ausführungen anbieten:
Wasserhahn “MODERN” für einen Messestand, im Auftrag von Firma Scarso:
Wasserhahn “ANTIKE” für den Baustoffhändler MeckRohr:
Gigantic Bear for the Cruise Liner „Quantum of the Seas”
When in autumn 2014 the biggest cruise liner that has ever been built in Germany departs on it’s grand tour it will take along a huge sculpture, produced by ACCENTFORM: Visible from far and wide a 10.5m high pink polarbear with a stylish facet appearance is enthroned on the starboardside of the white ocean liner „Quantum of the Seas“.
Already when the ship undocked from the hall of Meyer Shipyard the bear appeared as a real eye-catcher and became the publics favourite detail on the giant.
The fibreglass figure, handcrafted in a complex laminate method, was designed by the artist Lawrence Argent and gives a first impression of the precious 2,980 pieces art collection on board the newly constructed ship. This artwork is themed “What makes life worth living”.
The bear, with the title „From Afar“, has a facetted surfaced containing 1,340 triangled subareas and is supposed to encourage people not just to regard him but to touch him as well.
“The special thing about cruises is, that they haul people out of the normality of their everyday life to provide them new experience. This bear is supposed to attract all those who think they don’t know what art means and give them an accessible overall picture.”, the artist says
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ACCENTFORM had to keep client, purpose and destination point of the figure a secret until the headline-grabbing undocking of the Ship, because the costumer Royal Caribbean International didn’t want to reveal the artwork aboard before the ship left the roofed construction dock. That way RCI pulled off a surprise coup with the publicly promoted undocking, because on each visualizations and press material the bear wasn’t to be found.
Even though the 10.5 m high bear integrates harmonically into the image of the resounding luxury liner, yet on land the figure appears much more enormous. So in June 2014, the residents of Nienstädt were astonished when the giant pink fibreglass bear hovered in slow-motion through the industrial area of their little town. After being loaded by crane onto a heavy goods vehicle the figure was transported along the especially barred national highway to the harbor of Rusbend, wherefrom the bear was shipped on a barge to Meyer Dockyards, to be installed on the newly built cruise liner.
Several month ACCENTFORM was working on the completion of the pink giant. The figure became 10.5 m high, about 6 m wide and consists of weather-resistant glass fibre reinforced laminate multilayer which was produced from a especially manufactured rigid foam mould.
To stabilize the approximately 3 t heavy GRP-cover the local weldings shop “STAMA” created a nearly 5 t heavy multi-section steel frame in accordance with the specifications of Accentform’s engineers.
The characteristic colour for the noble seasalt-and weather-proof finish was generated with the collaboration of Rupf & Co. AG, based on a semiglossy PU lacquer that was after all airbrushed onto the bear.
As a light and resilient high-performance material the used GRP is superior to any other materials: Light weight and high flexibility keep the bear safely in shape and position against all kinds of temperature changes, high wind force and motion of the sea. It is also andvantagous in logistic: In spite of the enormous dimension and the associated road barriers, the transport to the yard could be handled with conventional truck-mounted cranes and a low-loading truck.
Among the latest environmental technologies and improved power efficiency the “Quantum of the Seas” will mainly score with exciting entertainment novelties:
The “North Star”, a lookout gondola in 90 m height, based on the London Eye, will be absolutely unique.
The “Two70°” is a huge area at the rear end of the ship, which will be used as a lounge with bar and dancefloor during the day and turned into a show-stage in the evening. The name stands for “270 degrees” and refers to the panorama view through the extensively glazed façade which acts as a projection screen for the shows at night.
The “Seaplex”, a multifunction room where passengers can pass time driving bumper cars or playing basketball.
The simulator “RipCord by iFly” who can give the passengers the feeling of a real drop.
This innovative engineering marvel will leave New York heading with 22 knots via Bermuda to the Carribean Islands – aboard 4,100 passengers and a huge pink bear, which was built by ACCENTFORM.
After the great success of „Felicia Bear“ on the “Quantum of the Seas”, the new cruise liner of Royal Caribbean International, the “Anthem of the Seas”, also got a huge figure manufactured by ACCENTFORM.
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The Giraffe was designed by the French Artist Jean-François Fourtou after the shipping company’s visions. ACCENTFORM worked alongside with the constructers of Martin/Martin again to make this idea become reality.
“Gigi”, how the yard workers called the giraffe, is about 9 m high and nearly 3500 kg heavy. The filigree figure obtains the necessary stability from the combination of a weatherproof carbonfibre-cladding and a steel-skeleton made from special marine-suited stainless steel.
The major challenge of this project was the extremely short processing time. There were only eight weeks remaining to perform prodigies!
The initial step at ACCENTFORM was to mill a specific production mould from Styrofoam by the use of CNC-technology. In the meantime the welding shop STAMA was busy producing the steel skeleton, exclusively made from seawater-resistant premium steel.
The production moulds were used for a carbonfibre-laminate which was done by hand. Many pieces of different sizes were build this way and finally assembled around the steel frame construction. Some wooden stiffener plates discharge the wind loads from the cladding onto the steel. This construction mainly consists of steel tubes with a diameter of 140 mm and a wall-thickness of 12 mm and has a weight of 2000 kg.
The skeleton is an essential accessory because of the characteristic frequency of the ship. It prevents the figure from swaying.
For the perfect finishing touch a 10m high scaffolding had to be build, where the refining, filling and paintwork could take place. The colours for the paintwork where again produced by Rupf & Co, as they have stood the test of time on the bear figure.
A special Airbrush-Artist with long-term experience in colouration of large-sized animals was specifically taken on for the paintwork.
After all the production steps were done and the giraffe was finally coloured as Jean-François Fourtou imagined, she was laid down on a flat truck and transported to Bremerhaven. Therefor an accompanied transport and some road blockages were necessary.
The lifting at the harbour and the assembling on the ship went very well with all the help from the workers of the Meyer Werft. So in the end ACCENTFORM produced Gigi at a record time and made it possible that the ship arrives at his baptism in Southampton with his figurehead.
From rigid foam blocks, our artists carved life-sized animal figures.
These were coated with Fiberglass in order to achieve a strong and paintable surface. The color design is carried out according to the customer requirements.
These fiberglass lions got a deceptively real bronze coating. Special consideration was given to keep the project as light as possible (30 kg or 66 pounds), because the bronze lions were destined to be installed on a private mega-yacht.
ACCENTFORM was commissioned by the artist group “Schaum” to create an artistic piece called “Wind finger”, to be used as a landmark for a small residence in Norrliden in Kalmar.
The artwork is a four-meter high (13 feet) hand replica with the index finger raised to the sky. On the tip of the index finger, a windmill was installed. When this windmill turns it produces an LED light symbolizing wind power.
First, the hand was scanned and converted, using reverse engineering, to a CAD file.
Then, the sculpture was shaped from five large-sized Styrofoam blocks by means of our CNC machining center and glued together into one piece. After a fine sanding this hand became real art.
Next, the “Wind finger” was coated with Fiberglass laminate, then, primed and sanded. Subsequently, we finished the sculpture with an anti-graffiti protective coating in RAL 9003.
ACCENTFORM has executed this project starting with the manufacturing, and culminated with the installation in Sweden.
For the professional collaboration, we would like to thank the artist group “Schaum” (Alexandra Lotz, Tim Kellner and Marc Wiesel).
Giant foot in the festival hall of a renowned hotel
There is no challenge we do not face. In order to stage the auditorium of a renowned hotel in an unusual way, ACCENTFORM was commissioned to produce an oversized model foot made of Styrofoam.
To do this, the customer’s foot had to be scanned in advance and assembled into a CAD file using reverse engineering, which could then be processed further. Subsequently, the desired model was subdivided into individual segments, each of which could be realized with a CNC
machining center. The surface was coated with white paint. After joining all parts to the desired polystyrene model base, the object was reworked by our
professional team with regard to individual customer requirements and adapted accordingly.
After joining all parts to the desired polystyrene model base, the object was reworked by our professional team with regard to individual customer requirements and adapted accordingly.
Huge hand model
Similarly, a 2.50 m tall and 80 kg hand model was made.
Someone, who wants to add a special touch to his club, needs to come up with something highly unusual: case in point, the disco JAVA CLUB. In collaboration with the Berlin-based artist Nicole Zäch, ACCENTform created for her commissioned work an art object with its enormously big effect – a tessellated skull!
In the planning stages of the work, a skull was scanned and converted to a CAD file. Then, the skull was milled in various Styrofoam segments by our CNC machining center and glued together to form one piece. After being professional polished, the artwork was then easily recognizable.
After being laminated with the fibreglass, primed and sanded; the skull finally showed his true face: through the use of many small mirror mosaics, which were pasted on the whole skull´s area, this sculpture really stands out! Special lamps integrated directly into the eyes of the skull will make not only the skull, but also the complete JAVA CLUB disco shine!
