“Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” said Winston Churchill. Russia continues to vex us today. My latest 3D printed book “Enigma” is like a Russian matryushka doll – 5 nested books, the innermost book is black and contains a USB flash drive with all the data files used to print …
Month: March 2014
3D printed sculpture class at Montclair Art Museum
I have been teaching teens to design and 3D print sculptures at the Montclair Art Museum. After 6 weeks – one 2 hour class per week – we have some great examples of the kids’ work. They design in Tinkercad and then print on a Cube printer or on my Makerbot Replicator 2. There will …
Guns are Art
When people hear I am working with a 3D printer the first question they ask is “Have you printed a gun?” And I emphatically answer “NO!” IMHO the 3D printed gun story is blown way out of proportion. Sure, a person could print parts of a gun, but not the important parts like the firing …
Manual Printed 3D
Manual is the latest in my series of 3D printed books. It has 60 pages of archival digital inkjet prints enclosed in a translucent PLA binding which cannot be opened. It is signed and dated on an interior page which is not visible. The book is then enclosed in a 2 piece black PLA box …
3D Visions
I seem to always be straddling eras of technology and the Camera Obscura Project which was a collaboration with Charles Schwartz is a great example. It began with Charles’ Camera Obscura which is located on the upper east side of Manhattan with a dramatic view over New York City’s Central Park. We spent years using …
Shakespeare in 3D
A new book sculpture I’ve made is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. This is a miniature book – 2.375″ x 1.875″ x .75″ and the box is 3.75″ x 3.25″ x 1.1.25″ Inside the 3D printed translucent PLA covers are a title page in the front and an author portrait in the back. Inside …