Ji Lee, an artist who was born in Korea and raised in Brazil, is a now New York artist who began a low-key-art-movement in 2013 called “Mysterabbit.” This project consists of 10,000 one-inch 3D printed rabbits that are spread around the globe. These rabbits, who appear to be meditating, serve as miniature sculptures for those who are going about their day. Mysterabbit’s website offered a downloadable blueprint for the peaceful rabbits so people at home could create a few of their own, a map to track how many Mysterabbits are in the world, and a message, “we hope [Mysterabbits] will stop people from their daily routine and for a brief moment, make them wonder about their mysterious, newly found gift, and a small piece of the beautiful world that surrounds them.”

London-based DBLG has pushed 3D printing into the world of stop-motion animation. With four weeks and around 50, 3D printed bears walking up a set of four stairs, DBLG was able to create a two-second looping video clip called “Bears on Stairs.” At this point, I’m sure you’re asking, what makes this different from the rest of the stop-motion videos in the world? The final product was smooth and seamless, which takes immense focus and attention to detail.

After initially browsing his website, there are a few things that’ll strike you about Joshua Harker. First, you will notice that a lot of his work is centered around the natural world: skulls, animals, and flowers to name a few. Second, you’ll see scrollwork, or the ornamental work of fine spiral lines or patterns, plays an even larger part. Finally, you’ll see that these two combined and 3D printed are absolutely beautiful. Harker, who is considered a pioneer in 3D printed art and sculpture, is featured in thousands of collections and publications worldwide and continues to gain popularity.

Though art hasn’t taken a 100% focus on digital media, we can predict that digital media is going to continue to grow in popularity. 3D printing as a medium is a great way to combine the world of digital art with the satisfaction of having a physical piece of art to display or inspire. With 3D printers becoming more and more available to the public, it can only be expected that we won’t see the end of 3D printed art anytime soon.

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When you think of Renaissance art, who do you normally think of? If you said Michelangelo, you’re not alone, because his works are still some of the most extraordinary pieces of art and have withstood the test of time.

Countless companies and individuals have tried their hand at replicating his works but, to no avail.

Now, thanks to 3D scanning and 3D printing, objects from the past are being replicated with greater precision and accuracy than ever before.

FATHOM, Artworks Foundry and Scansite all specialize in something different. FATHOM specializes in 3D printing; Scansite is all about 3D scanning technology; finally, Artworks Foundry is best known for their professional bronze casting.

All three of these specialties were combined for one project known as Renaissance Matters, which is an art liaison that’s received authorization to reproduce 28 of Michelangelo’s works.

The replication process began when Scansite 3D scanned the statues and converted the point cloud data to a 3D-printable STL file that was then used by FATHOM to work their 3D printing magic.

From there, once the replicas were 3D printed, Artworks Foundry used lost wax casting to cast them in bronze, which resulted in the recreation of these ancient works of art.

It’s still uncertain if this combination of technologies will become more and more popular; however, as it stands, the ability to create scaled down replicas of various pieces of history could be great for educational institutions.

Though the original pieces of work will obviously carry the most value, they lack the ability to be in multiple places at once and this innovation could solve that problem by copying these magnificent pieces of history to be displayed in museums all over the world.

So, if you can’t FATHOM that 3D printing companies like Scansite can use their 3D-scanning technology and Artworks Foundry can create bronze casting to replicate history, believe it. Here’s the proof!

Copyright Inventionland, 2015

Sources:

https://3dprint.com/45646/michelangelo-3d-print-work/

https://news.softpedia.com/news/Michelangelo-s-Famous-Sculptures-Perfectly-Reproduced-Video-473777.shtml

Media:

https://www.3ders.org/images2014/3d-scanning-printing-helps-recreate-michelangelo-sculptures-1.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfA0XVKa-D0

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