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Model Citizen 3D model for 3D Printing

I first created a series of “Model Citizens” in 2D, first incorporated into my digital print “7 Model Citizens”. I’ve been wanting to delve into the world of 3D printing to create sculptures and these objects are my first experiments with this technology. I created this model with the 3d program Sketchup. I will be having this first model printed on a Makerbot Replicator 2. I hope to have this model ready for the Ingenuity Cleveland 2013 Festival.

For those uniniated with 3D printing, below is an excerpt from Wikipedia:
Additive manufacturing or 3D printing is a process of making a three-dimensional solid object of virtually any shape from a digital model. 3D printing is achieved using an additive process, where successive layers of material are laid down in different shapes. 3D printing is also considered distinct from traditional machining techniques, which mostly rely on the removal of material by methods such as cutting or drilling (subtractive processes).

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Seven Model Citizens

I’m pleased to be exhibiting my work this fall at Cleveland Ohio’s 2013 IngenuityFest. This work will be one of a few large scale canvas prints I’ll be showing.

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Seven Model Citizens, 2013
Epson GS Ultrachrome Print on Canvas
Edition of 3, 48 x 96 inches

My architectural background comes into the work “Seven Model Citizens”.  Within a vocabulary of symbols suggestive of a primitive digital aesthetic, seven anthropomorphic architectonic constructions are lined up, at once symbolizing individuality and rigid conformity. The blocky formed monoliths conform to a grid where they must reside, yet, each is still unique. The antenna appendage on their heads represents the untethered power we now possess to be connected with smart phones and wi-fi. The model citizens are represented as flattened and two dimensional but each lives in another 3d world. I will be rendering them with 3d printing technology.

Detail of Seven Model Citizens

Detail of Seven Model Citizens