Life Size Wire Frame Human Skull 3d print

The Wire Frame was created by taking taking CAT scan data that had been converted into an STL file and then converting the STL into an editable ZTL. The ZTL was then copied 3 times. Each copy was sliced along a grid. one representing X, one representing Y, one representing Z. Each slice creates a new polygroup and establishes a line of resolution. In this model, there are approximately 40 lines of resolution on each axis.

Each polygroup is then stroked with tube sections and merged into a ring. The resulting x,y and z ring sets were merged together resulting in a wire frame. Initially I tried to get away with this by only creating x and y but, the result wasn't as immediately recognizable as I had hoped for. I introduced z and the Skull snapped into focus.

The following 2 images are renderings of the interior of the model. Removed from it's outer context, the wire frame seems like an alien construct.

And now, for the actual Shapeways SLS sintered nylon rapid prototype...

The images below were taken by my holding the prototype between my legs and placing the lens of my Iphone over one of the many openings in the skull.

Joan Miro's Moon Bird

The above images are HDRI composite renderings. The amazing thing about HDRI is that the 3d model derives all of it's lighting and reflection map information from the rotatable background image. The result is at first glance remarkably convincing. The image below started as a shot taken at the MOMA of museum goers enjoying a Jackson Pollok.

Moon Bird is one of my earliest childhood art memories. When I was 4 or 5 years old, my mother would take me to the MOMA and let me climb all over it. It really is such a playful shape. It's almost balloon like, an inflatable in bronze, cool, smooth and very friendly. Graphically, it's an enormously, strong shape composed of convergent arches and crescents. I set out to recreate the sculpture from photographs in Zbrush. When the model was finished I had the need to see what a couple of my favorite Miro paintings would look like reflected into it. I was delighted with the results. Birds and wonderful creatures dance and stretch, sweeping through rippling waves of undulating forms. As seen in these photo composites, many stills from this  animation experiment would serve well in the filling of large canvases.

The images above and below are Keyshot renderings. Shapeways offers the 3d prints in 6 vibrant colors.