existing sculptures

a sculpture by Eva Hild, “My sculptures are bodies, exposed to pressure and movements. Influence, pressure strain. These words have been the foundation for my current projects that compromise communicating them in large, hand built sculptures. Delicate continuously flowing entities in thin built clay” as quoted from her website. Although her sculptures are my by hand from clay there are CAD processes that would make the process much easier. For example a router wouldn’t work due to all the complex angles. However if you were to use a laser cutter a line bender could then be used to achieve those intricate curves and bends. But I think the simplest way would be to use a 3D printer to create complex shapes.

the piece above is a collaboration of two people Bathsheba Grossman and Vladimir Bulatov. there sculptures are inspired by math and numbers creating beautiful flowing shapes that almost look like an optical illusion. these sculptures are created using a metallic 3D printer which as you can see creates impossible shapes. however if this product was to be made in batch you would have to use a different technique as the 3D printer would be too slow and not strong enough. selective laser sintering would be a good way to produce it, it works by fusing small particles of plastic, metal, ceramic or glass to create the desired 3 dimensional shape.

this is another way to go. the sculpture is made from cardboard and has been produced using a laser cutter.