Horreo Jewelry Box Progress

I plan on making a jewelry box in the shape of a Galician horreo. Galicia is a region in the northwest of Spain where they speak there own language, and live in a really humid, wet climate, closer to say Scotland than Andalusia.

Figure 1: Galician Horreo

I will take this overall shape and try to convert it into a jewelry box. You might be wondering what is it? Well it is a grain storage device used by Galician farmers. They have slits around them for airflow but don’t let any water in thus letting the grain dry. Most have crosses on them since Spain is very Catholic and a lot were built around churches. The horreo is on stilts, or pegollos, because the stilts are used as “mice stompers” to keep out rodents.

Progress

I have made a lot of the progress on my project over spring break, which includes creating 80% of the CAD model for the Galician horreo, printing 80% of the model, and buying some paint.

I started by creating the base of the horreo in Solidoworks, by using many reference images and guess’s for the size I wanted for the jewelry box. I didn’t find creating the base overly difficult, but it did take a while to make everything look right.

Figure 2: Progress pictures taken of the CAD model of the base of the horreo

After I created the base of the horreo, I moved on to modeling the roof.

Figure 3: Progress pictures taken of the modeling of the roof support of the horreo

I found creating this top section to be one of the most difficult parts of the CAD model. For some reason it was difficult to get the dimensioning correct, and I kept experiencing general difficulties with Solidworks while trying to create it. However, after finishing this top section, I moved on to creating the Spanish roof tiles that would cover the horreo’s roof.

Figure 4: Progress pictures taken of the modeling of the roof tiles of the horreo

It turns out that roof tiles are actually kind of complicated and hard to get right. I managed to find a forum online that had a tutorial on how to build them, but it was really hard to follow, and not well laid out. However, after spending a bit of time I was able to create something that looked like a roof tile and attach it to the roof. I think it looks pretty good, and I think its perfect 🤩. Finally, the last thing I made for the horreo was the “pegollos” or the stilts on the bottom, and the little pillars on the top for the symbols to stand on.

Figure 5: Current state of the horreo

Next, I printed this version of the horreo on my brothers 3D printer. I printed the base, top section, and legs all separately.

Figure 6: Printing of the horreo and a cool thumbs up

Printing the horreo went surprisingly smoothly, however, the top of the horreo was printed slightly weird, as it looks like the supports crumbled slightly, giving an un-level base. Furthermore, one of the windows of the base of the horreo was misprinted, leaving a hole. However, the stilts were printed with no issues! I find these errors not to be dramatic enough to be worthy of a reprint. Also I will put some plants in the new hole of the horreo to make it look even more Galician!

Figure 7: Current state of the horreo

Finally, I have bought stone spray paint, so I can begin painting!

Citations

 [1]https://www.polyglottando.com/?p=979 

All other photos taken by me.