Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Chocolate Pilcrow


Graphic designer Fabio Bartali had the idea to make a chocolate pilcrow. With a few sketches, he came to the CabFabLab to figure out the best way to bring his project to life.
Thier intern Sjors helped Fabio design a 3D model in SolidWorks. They then assisted Fabio in working with the CNC router to machine the positive mold for the silicone resin. This mold was used to create a negative silicone mold to produce the chocolate character.
Fabio sent the chocolate pilcrow to his clients as a holiday gift. This project was partly inspired by Hans Wisbrun’s ChocoPi project.


Fabio’s original sketch of the mold.



















The rendered 3D model of the pilcrow mold in SolidWorks



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The finishing pass on the CNC router.



Pouring silicone into the master mold.



Liquid white chocolate solidifying inside the silicone molds.



The end product:  plenty of chocolate pilcrows in 3 different types of chocolate!


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