Make a cell model

Before

Before

After

After

A few moths ago, I made a model of a cell to be part of an exhibition at Viten Senteret, a Science Centre in Arendal Norway.

The various parts of the cell were made both by hand, 3D printing, and with CNC cutting. As I had numerous parts to make and spray paint, I feared that gluing the parts on may become very messy. I used sugru to make the centriole (the picture with the orangey/yellow colour). I also used sugru to attach the ribosomes (the little round parts, which are actually heads from dressmakers pins) to the organelles in the cell. As there were many parts that all needed to be painted different colors, the ingenious colour mixing method by sugru allowed me to achieve this easily, it would've been pretty tricky without it!

I also used sugru to secure both the handmade and 3D printed parts to the base, and I used sugru to apply colour to the delicate edges of some of the 3D printed shapes (this can be seen on the parts that look like small white bowls, I used sugru to give these parts super thin grey edges). The small balls that appear to be floating (black losenge like shapes, pink, purple and blue balls) were also attached with surgu. (I do not know how else I would of got them to stay put!).

Laura from London