Ton Longtin: Epilog Laser Case Study Laser cutting 3D geometric sculptures. Tom Longtin is a long-time graphic artist located in Vermont. He studied mechanical engineering and computer science, focusing on 3D geometric computer graphics programming. He has won awards and has been recognized all over the world for his work in animation for commercial television. He has produced videos, magazine and journal covers for Gear Technology Magazine and Power Transmission Design Trade Journal. Recently, he has joined an artist’s guild in Vermont. The Challenge: Tom produces most of his 3D imagery using Rhino 3D software. The Solution: It was through his research on the Internet he discovered Epilog's CO2 laser cutting systems. Please visit Tom Longtin at:
Megadeluxe | Design SOLIDO [soluciones ligadas al diseño] · Calle del Agua 92 · Viña del Mar · Chile Could The Secret of HP’s 3D Printing Venture Be Memjet? Earlier last week HP CEO Meg Whitman revealed that HP would have some kind of announcement regarding 3D printing this June. We take a look at a possible technology they may use. Whitman hinted at much more rapid print speeds, while also increasing accuracy. This is not really possible with existing technologies, so what might they be doing instead? Made by Memjet and embedded into HP printers, the printhead is capable of printing ink 223mm wide at a rate of 305mm per second.
Below the Boat Puts the 'Laser Cut' in 'Lacustrine' Posted by Ray | 4 Jan 2013 | Comments (3) Besides anagrams and pizza, I also have a keen interest in digital fabrication and maps. "Below the Boat" is a new company that combines the latter two: besides lakes, the site also offers laser-cut visualizations of bodies of water from archipelagos and bays to shorelines and sounds. Starting with a bathymetric chart (the underwater equivalent of a topographic map), the contours are laser-cut into sheets of Baltic birch and glued together to create a powerful visual depth. Below the Boat is the brainchild of Robbie and Kara Johnson, a husband-wife duo from Bellingham, WA, who came across one of the charts while traveling in Michigan and set out to bring the digitally-fabricated artwork to the masses via webshop. As you can see, the results are absolutely amazing—etched in memory, as it were—and I daresay that even the most hydrophobic landlubber can appreciate the beauty of bathymetry in burned in baltic birch by laserbeam.
Giles Azzaro — Mold3D Gilles Azzaro’s seemingly impossible project was to print in 3D the invisible, to show how the indistinguishable has a shape which is unique for each one of us. With his work, Gilles Azzaro moves into a 2.0 form of artistic creation. Behind this voice sculpture, in which the invisible becomes visible, the imagination is freed to explore new frontiers. This monumental voice print required 350 hours to print and in all 8 months work. "Next Industrial Revolution" was exhibited in the USA for the first time at the 3D Printshow, a one-off event since the exhibition takes place exactly one year to the day after President Obama made his famous speech. A work of art which has traveled the world The sculpture has attracted attention from both the European and international media, including WIRED, the leading voice in everything Hi-tech.