This is a new interdisciplinary / collaborative project between the Coaction Lab, The IMFA graduate program within the New Media dept. The Advanced Manufacturing Center and the Sculpture program within the Art dept. at the University of Maine. I’m collaborating with one of our graduate students, Wade Warman and the head of the sculpture program, Greg Ondo, to work out a process that will allow us to 3D scan via the FARO 3D scan system at the AMC, then print that scan on a variety of 3D printing systems at the IMRC such as our Makerbot Replicator and Formlabs printers, followed by creating an investment mold to then cast the 3D print from glass and also brass and aluminum in the future. This is still a work in progress and we’re currently about to burn out the 3D printed forms from the investment molds, but I thought I’d post a few photos of the process so far. I decided to print a reduced size scan of my hand, extruded into a 3D form as well as a scan of a magnolia seed pod and one of my plankton inspired 3D forms. Stay tuned for more details…
