Here is my very quick and simple way I had a go at it dave...nowhere NEAR ctbram of course but I did have a crack at the shape. Negatives are hard to do for sure and you have certainly done well. Its suprising..ct and I didnt talk about this negative space thing until tonight and yet we came up with very similar solutions to a feisty problem.
It would be nice if you could make the geo required then attach it to a 'SOLID' (ie the container shape)..sort of like a cloth but without the 'drapery' problems a cloth would cause.
Anyway..interesting subject...negetive spaces..should give people a headache for some time to come LOL.
cheers bullet
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4090628/dave_jerry_can.wmv
I have only just uploaded...so give it 10 mins from the cental SM site time guys.
bullet1968
"A Darkness at Sethanon", a book I aspire to model some of the charcters and scenes