Krone
The idea of the Krōnē began a few years ago as a creative hobby with no projected direction. Throughout my time at VCU, I developed iterations until I concluded that I was going to use my finalized character design for the foundation of my capstone project. I taught myself enough digital 3D modeling to recreate my design, exported the finished design to be 3D printed, then created a physical Krōnē head. A silicon mold was created to quickly cast resin copies, and these have been painted and hidden around campus for anyone to find and take home. There have been 10 blank smaller heads placed around every week for the last month as “DIY toys” to paint or color, in hopes of creating an engaging community around an art toy posing as a blank canvas.