# Meridian Arc

A studio print study after Iana Kochu’s *Red Meridian*. The crescent rises from a low bank and holds the sun from its tapered tip. A second rising leaf and a hollow in the bank keep the asymmetry of the painted forms.

The binary STL is one solid, **132.74 × 52.08 × 121.27 mm**, with Z up and its flat foot at Z = 0. Import using millimetres. For FDM, keep it upright and use removable organic supports beneath the sun and the inside of the high arch. Allow support to start on the model where the base blocks a path to the build plate. Check that the first layers of the suspended sun have support and that the narrow opening beside the leaf stays accessible for removal. The mesh has been checked digitally. A physical print is pending.

Regenerate with a C++17 compiler, from this directory.

```sh
c++ -std=c++17 -O3 generate.cpp -o /tmp/kochu-meridian
/tmp/kochu-meridian sculpture.stl
```