On View at the RAPID 2010 Conference

A few quick photos of the installation of the SculptCAD Rapid Artists Project at the RAPID 2010 Conference.

Bert Scherbarth

Brad Ford Smith

David VanNess

Erica Larkin

Ginger Fox

Heather Gorham

Heather Ezell

Jay Sullivan

Mark Grote

Nancy Hairston

Shane Pennington

Shawn Smith

Tom Lauerman

Fresh from the Printers

SculptCAD held an impromptu open house to display the first round of artwork to come back from the printers. On the wall are 3D computer images by (L-R) Bert Scherarth - Building, and Column, Shane Pennington - Tree Top, Brad Ford Smith - Chicken Neck Johnson, 2 more by Bert, Heather Gorham - Rabbit.

The sculptures for the most part were just unpacked, so the artists have not had the opportunity to work on the physical sculptures yet. What you are seeing is the equivalent of a cake that has just been pulled out of the oven. They still need to be frosted. Above is the artwork of  (L-R, B-F) Erica Larkin - Figurative Busts, Brad Ford Smith - CNJ, David VanNess - Bull Elk, Katherine Batiste - Robotic Boy,

Nancy Hairston 

Shawn Smith

 

Bert Scherbarth - Building 

Heather Groham - Rabbit

This is one of two rabbit sculptures by Heather. In this one she has painted the plastic resin to give it a soft velveteen outside and a bleached bone white interior.

David Kirkpatrick finds One Massive 3D Printer

David Kirkpatrick has been doing a lot of blogging about the SculptCAD Rapid Artists Project. His resent post is about a large scale 3D printer in Italy.

Rabbit Rapid Prototype

Here is the finished Heather Gorham rapid prototyped hare. It's resin and I've finished it in graphite.
It measures 15" x 17" x 9.

Jerome Weeks, reporter from KERA Art & Seek and SCRA director Nancy Hairston snap a few pictures of artist Shane Pennington as he demonstrates how the Phantom stylus works. Jerome hung out at the SculptCAD studio for a few hours talking with some of the artists about the SRCA program. 

Some Images of Progression

Rapid Artist Heather Gorham shares her piece from beginning to end in digital clay.

"My process involved treating the digital medium much like I would a traditional media such as clay or wax in bronze casting. Digital clay, once you get used to it,  responds and has many of the same sensibilities as real clay, allowing for an interesting juxtaposition between the visceral and the virtual."
Heather Gorham