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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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
Last week I participated in an Albumen and Salt Printing Workshop at the George Eastman House Museum in Rochester NY taught by Mark Osterman and ably assisted by Nick Brandreth. We learned how to make high quality handmade prints using glass plate negatives and plain paper sensitized with a silver nitrate solution. These historic processes …
As the second part of the three exhibition series “Triad” – nine of my pieces, including work from MOMENTO, ODDYSSEY, and BILLIAD are included in a show titled “By The Numbers (More or Less)” at the Arts Guild of New Jersey in Rahway October 13 through November 7, 2013. The gallery is at 1670 Irving …
Five of my pieces are included in a show titled Abstract Lives at the Arts Guild of New Jersey in Rahway September 8 through October 3 2013. Artists include Eileen M. Foti, Adel Gorgy, Frances Heinrich, Peter Jacobs, Neal Korn, Tom Nussbaum, RoCa, Diane Savona, Rocco Scary and Bill Westheimer. The show was curated by …
If you could have a world named after you – what would it look like? The Billiad is a quirky video from my book about what I discover when the dream becomes a reality. When this guy from New Jersey via Cincinnati, Schenectady, Aspen and New York City finally finds his own world, locates his …
Perfection is over-rated. And Charles Schwartz’ Light Reclaimed work is proof. Charles has collected imperfect old ambrotypes and tintypes that show the patina of time and he has scanned and enlarged them to make his Light Reclaimed series. He writes: “over time I found myself drawn to boxes containing the undesirable – broken, scratched, partially …