Forum: Carrara


Subject: 3D Printing at the Met - Users?

diomede opened this issue on Apr 30, 2017 · 10 posts


diomede posted Sun, 30 April 2017 at 10:33 AM

Saw this excerpt in an article about 3D printing. Does anyone make props with the intention of 3D printing?

3D Modeling Used to Remix Artwork at the Met

"The Theater of Disappearance, Adrián Villar Rojas, Metropolitan Museum of Art Contemporary Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas is the youngest sculptor, at 37, to receive the annual commission to create an installation for the roof of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rojas digitally scanned and combined nearly 100 works from the museum’s existing collection to create the 16 black and white sculptures that make up his rooftop installation, titled “The Theatre of Disappearance,” which, according to Adafruit, “looks like a freewheeling Bacchanalian fete.” Rojas and his team made good use of the Met’s Advanced Imaging Department to digitally scan and create 3D models from the collection, and also incorporated staff members and their families into the installation, which will stay on the roof all summer. Rojas describes his installation:"