LARGE-SCALE 3D PRINTED SCULPTURES TO DEBUT AT YORK MEDIALE, A NEW DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL 2018녀 요크 메디알레 페스티벌에 출품된 대형 3D 프린트 조각품

LARGE-SCALE 3D PRINTED SCULPTURES TO DEBUT AT YORK MEDIALE, A NEW DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL

RUSHABH HARIA FEBRUARY 21ST 2018

As part of the York Mediale festival 2018, British-Colombian artist Matthew Plummer-Fernandez will exhibit a new series of large-scale 3D printed sculptures examining the future of manufacturing, digital fabrication and the creative potential of 3D printing.

The initial design of one of the sculptures, scripted with Python, exported to Blender and colored in CCC. Photo via Matthew Plummer-Fernandez.

2018 요크 메디알레 페스티벌에 출품된 대형 3D 프린트 조각품

영국계 콜롬비아 출신 조각 아티스트  매츄 플러머 페르난데즈(Matthew Plummer-Fernandez)

그는 조각 예술을 3D 프린트와 접목시켜 미래의 제조업과 디지털 조립 산업의 전망을 

가늠해보는 작품들을 선보였다.

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator

Plummer-Fernandez has designed his pieces using a mixture of scripted algorithms and 3D software. They will be manufactured by 3D printing startup Fluxaxis, a sister company of engineering design firm Stage One, where Plummer-Fernandez is artist-in-residence.

Pushing large-scale 3D design to its limits

Plummer-Fernandez, a graduate of London’s Royal College of Art, extensively uses 3D technologies in his work. He previously used Shapeways 3D printing technology to create a low-poly piece called “Venus of Google” and produced 3D software-based interactive exhibit called “Disarming Corruptor.”

For this latest project, Plummer-Fernandez began by sketching out the complex spaghetti-like forms of the sculptures, based on “algo-spirals” (spirals generated by computer algorithms). The spirals are a convoluted string of repeated objects, that vary depending on the piece.

With the spirals sketched out, Plummer-Fernandez then coded the spirals using Python. A 3D render was developed by running the code through Blender 3D software.

Before 3D printing the initial test models and prototypes of his sculptures, Plummer-Fernandez colored and sliced his models using CCC, a parametric software he himself created.

Plummer Fernandez designing his sculptures with a 3D printed prototype. Photo via Fluxaxis.

Spotlight on digital design

When the method of scaling up the designs is finalized, Fluxaxis will fabricate the sculptures using on its HP Multi Jet Fusion 4200 3D printer. Each sculpture will be fabricated out of Nylon PA12 and it will have a layer height of 0.08m. Post-processing will be completed in the Fluxaxis Poseidon 5-Axis CNC Machining Centre.

Explaining the ideas behind one of the sculptures in this series, “Housing Solver v0.1,” Plummer-Fernandez said, “I like these impossible housing schemes and the algo-solutionism to crunch n’ solve housing numbers.”

Tom Higham, York Mediale’s creative director added:

“WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CREATIVE PARTNERS FROM THE GROUND UP, TO CREATE WORK THAT IS CHALLENGING, INSPIRING AND A LOT OF FUN – WE WANT PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW, UNEXPECTED AND DIFFERENT.”

Plummer-Fernandez’s works will be on display alongside the work of a number of other digital artists at the York Mediale from 27 September to 6 October 2018.

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