I’m having a wonderful time with the new Art and Technology podcasts. We recorded our third one this morning. It is about 3D and copyright. A huge topic, and one that I think we will talk about quite often on this podcast. Here is a link to the case that we discussed along with our own experiences and thoughts about digital technology and copyright issues. Last week I had Materialise on the podcast and they shared their process and some of the incredible new things that will be around for artists working in 3D that want to get their artwork out of the computer.

Next week I have another exciting conversation. These are really fire side chats. Informal conversations on different aspects of digital sculpting, and traditional sculpting. The entrance line to the podcast is…

” Welcome to the art and technology podcast at digtialsculpting.net.
A fireside chat where innovation, creativity, technology and science meet.”

Now I just need to get the website up. I’m working diligently at this. It will be a community of artists talking about different subjects.

I have been informed by Blogger that they will no longer support ftp blogs, which to make it very simple means that I have to take a 5 year old blog and move it to my own server. Now in my opinion that is right up there with doing taxes or having a total body wax. So I am looking for options and prices, and wondering… Won’t someone do this for me? More later. Deadline for move is May 1st.

Creating a bas-relief, a portrait that is flat and appears to have dimension, is something that I am asked to do quite often but have not had the chance to create. In the past, with the busy commission schedule in the studio I rarely have time to play in something or experiment. It is something that I have enjoyed about my graduate studies, exploration with play, and I love documenting my work! Working with a bas-relief created digitally was a way to explore this new style of sculpting.

The inspiration behind this new direction is the many cameos that my mother has given to me over the years. Beautiful women are sculpted in a variety of materials. Of course sculpting that small, the size of a broche is a bit tedious and hard on the eyes. Besides I didn’t just want to make any person, I wanted to do a specific person. I was wondering if I could create this type of art using tra-digi means( traditional and digital process). Here are some photographs of my first attempts. I’m going to try some others and then have them printed or milled out as jewelry.