Fun With CAD
When I first started playing with 3D printing 10 years ago, I had a head start. That’s because I was already using CAD, or Computer Aided Design, to create my metal sculptures. CAD is one of the “dirty little...
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Switching on the art lights
If you’re a longtime reader of this blog or even a longtime fan of my work, you may remember the lighted sculpture show “Illuminate” that was held 3 years ago. If you’re really lucky, you got to attend...
Read MoreHow to achieve precision with 3D printing
As a self-taught artist, I’ve learned everything I do by trial-and-error and online research. For instance, I taught myself how to run my coal forge by downloading a book from the 1800s. That learning includes everything I know...
Read MoreSo much for cookie cutter claims about creating art
So much for the belief that sculptors will pump out thousands of the same piece creating soulless cookie-cutter multiples. Ironically, that charge was blown apart when my 46″ tall 3D-printed and hand-painted sculpture...
Read MoreFad or trend? 3D printing settles in
I’m old enough to remember a lot of fads, including hula hoops, Furbys, hoverboards and Tickle Me Elmo. 3D printing came on like a firestorm, too. Suddenly everyone wanted to create things from scratch using these amazing...
Read MoreThings Change Dept. – bigger, different, exciting
After using 3D printing for a decade, I’m embarking on a new initiative. And this is the first place I am talking about it publicly. At least this approach is new for me. Other artists have been using 3D printing to create...
Read MoreMaking walls three-dimensional
Fellow artist Daniel Prendergast threw down the gauntlet: how about using 3D printing to create three-dimensional wall art? I’d already made some metal sculptural wall artworks such as Bob, Labyrinth and Shade and Shadow,...
Read More3D printing goes outside to play
Finally, 3D printing can go outside to play. Of course, it’s been possible to 3D print outdoor sculpture for a while, but we’re talking high-end, hundreds of thousands of dollars possible. For mere mortals like me,...
Read More3D printing more than sculpture
The more I use 3D printing, the more I use it for. Not everything is art. I’ve written before here about some of the crazy things I’ve made, like container tops, game boards, brass dice, candleholder trays, kitchen...
Read MoreTranslucent filaments offer possibilities when lighting sculpture
Adzuki (right) and its functional “cousin,” the side table Red Moon Slice, both created in 2016, were the first internally lit 3D-printed sculptures I created. I’ve lighted many of my translucent sculptures...
Read MoreHow 3D printing supercharges creativity
In a recent video (below) I share how I often come up with new creations. 3D printing is a secret weapon (OK, not that secret) in making innovation easier …
Read MoreWhy 3D printing isn’t as simple as pushing a button….
People often think 3D printing is so easy! You just push a button, right? Well, not so much….
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