Melting Bomb
The cartoon bomb is a universal icon: energy, danger, explosion. Here it doesn't go off. It melts.
A symbol of destruction turned into something vulnerable, almost fragile. Change one rule and the object tells a different story.
Playful, graphic and slightly unsettling. It lives between pop culture, design object and sculpture.
It started by looking at the work of Jason Freeny, the artist who opens up iconic toys to reveal their anatomy. From him came the idea of treating a pop icon as something to intervene, not just reproduce.
Here the intervention is not dissection but melting. The cartoon bomb, a drawing everyone can read, loses its shape right when it should explode. The drips were modelled by hand, drop by drop, then painted so they look like they are still falling.
Concept
What if a bomb didn't explode, but melted? First came shape, proportion and visual language.
3D model
The idea becomes geometry. Form refined, supports defined, model prepared for printing.
Print
FDM printing in multiple pieces, with fine tuning and structural tests.
Finish
Sanding, filler, surface prep and paint. This is where the character shows up.
Details
Textures, transitions and finish. Every detail matters.
Final
A familiar object. A new meaning. Different scales, same idea.
Flat blue, body to puddle.
Primer grey. Pure form.
Black body, gold drip.
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