3D model of cosmowenman
The models were repaired and checked for printability.
Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC
Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt
Youthful
...Plus image of the conqueror king
Scanned from the original marble in the British Museum August 2012 by Cosmo Wenman, using AutoDesk 123D Catch.
Edited for printing using Blender and Netfabb Studio Basic.
Printed life size in PLA on a MakerBot Replicator.
Finshed in Lost Bronze, Firenze, and Wrecked Iron with Alternate Reality Patinas.
I made these pieces in an attempt to show that, with the right finishes and attention to detail, 3D printers can produce objects of art worthy of public and private display. Not just miniature figurines, or toys, or practical household objects, and not just prototypes. They can do more than evoke the desired object, they can be objects of desire.
I printed three life-size copies of this great portrait, changing the original marble carving into a series of metalized PLA reinventions from three eras: "-300, 1440, 1945"
-300; a bronze precursor to the British Museum's marble, finished in "Lost Bronze" - a variegated green patina that might form after 2,312 years of weathering.
1440; finished in "Firenze", a deep, dark bronze, cared for its entire life, with shiny highlights on its brow, nose, lips, hair, and chin, where its admirers have touched it and inadvertently polished it bright over the centuries.
1945; finished in "Wrecked Iron" - the portait of the conqueror king as rusted, abandoned industrial wreckage.
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