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Wall Works & Sculpture

2016-2017

From 2016-2017 I experimented heavily with digital fabrication techniques, mainly CNC routing.  These works are the result of that experimentation. 

I developed a low-relief paper carving process which I used to make many of the works here.  The process involved vacuum-laminating 3 or more layers of colored paper, and paralell machining low relief into the resulting lamination to produce images.  The 3D surfaces used to drive the paralell machining was derived from images found or made, then processed in Grasshopper to produce useable geometry.

Several other works exhibit a rudimentary injection molding process I developed, whereby resin was forced into a CNC carved MDF mold by way of a homemade PVC pump.

Others were made using two-sided milling on a 3-axis CNC machine.



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milled valchromat 1.5” x 16” x 28” carved paper relief 24” x 18” carved paper relief 24” x 18” carved paper relief 20” x 30” carved paper relief 20” x 30” carved paper relief 8.5”x11” carved paper relief 8.5”x11” carved paper relief 8.5”x11” cast resin 5” x 15” x 22” cast resin 3” x 9” x 5.5” carved MDF & Valchromat relief 45” x 35” carved MDF & Valchromat relief 45” x 35” cast resin .75" x 12" x 17" carved paper relief 8.5” x 11” carved paper relief 8.5” x 11” carved paper relief 20” x 32” carved paper relief 18” x 30” milled valchromat 14” x 14” x 28” carved paper relief 18” x 30” carved paper relief 24” x 36” carved paper relief 24” x 36” carved paper relief 13” x 30”

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