Sometimes you have to be your own 5 axis miller. In this digital application for sculpture the fancy wires script which was written to produce waffle grillage structures has been adapted to output and label serial slices using a nurbs surface model.
foon sham. Wind from the East. 1998. 97" x 56" x 60". Poplar, Oak, Maple
Serial slicing is a standard method used in the practice of sculpture to generate form.
In this combination of high-tech high touch approaches, the laser cut sections are glued up then carved to reveal the fluidity of the original nurbs model.
The models can then be finished using a wide variety of sculptural approaches. While it is nice to be able to fabricate forms such as these using the 5 axis mill it is often better to use traditional approaches because it gets around the butter-look signature of many objects created through the milling process. I think I may have discovered my love for wood carving.
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ReplyDeleteAs you said that Serial slicing is a standard method used in the practice of sculpture to generate form.That seems interesting and need so much hard work and practice to learn.Nice shapes that you presented.
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