Valentino, with Framestore · Rigging for a projected 3D rose
Valentino Master of Couture
For Valentino's Master of Couture exhibition at Somerset House in 2013, I built the Maya rigging system for an animated 3D rose. The high-poly rose had around 60 petals and could bend, twist, fold, open and close, and its animation was projected onto a wall-mounted rose sculpture around 10 feet tall and wide.
- Client
- Valentino
- Studio
- Framestore
- Role
- Rigging for a projected 3D rose
- Year
- 2013
- Tech
- Maya
The challenge
For Valentino's Master of Couture exhibition at Somerset House in 2013, a 3D installation projected an animated rose onto a real, wall-mounted sculpture of a rose. The sculpture had around 60 petals and was around 10 feet tall and wide. The job tested what could be done with 3D projection onto real-world sculptures.
What I did
I built the rigging system for the 3D rose in Maya. The rose was a high-poly model, and the rig had to let animators make it:
- bend and twist
- fold
- open and close
The finished animation was then projected onto the physical sculpture in the gallery.
The outcome
The animation brought the rose to life on the sculpture, and the installation looked visually stunning in the exhibition, as the photos here show.
