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Form #1

The volume study behind the mask: a PLA and TPU shell engineered for fiber direction and mesh tension before printing.

The volume study behind the mask: a simple form built to carry a mesh inside a precise contour. Fiber direction, mesh type and material choice are set before printing instead of adjusted afterward. The piece has three faces, a central panel in PLA and two lateral panels in TPU, which share the structural load.

PLA / TPU

The shell on white, its black knit face folded over a pale grey mesh underside.

Macro of the pale side: glossy vertical filaments held by rows of dark stitches.

Macro of the black knit, diagonal loops locking into each other across the surface.

The black shell alone on white, curving to a point at each end like a leaf.

A hand opens the shell, black outside and pale grey within, the two faces meeting.

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