Re: Makerbotters coming together to create giant statue!

[Moby Disk]

I love the idea!  Quality control will be an issue here.  Different bots, materials, colors... You may want to try this with a smaller statue to "prototype" the collaboration concept then move on to something bigger.

On Saturday, November 10, 2012 5:52:48 PM UTC-5, Kamal Siegel wrote:

Hey makerbot community!

I own a company in Redmond, WA, i'm also an artist and makerbot/replicator user.

I'd like to make a giant 3D printed statue (like 20 feet tall) and install it in front our office building as a statement of digital public art (I used to serve as an Arts Commissioner for the City and know that this might rattle some cages and change some views on the role of digital artists in the public space). Here's what the front of our building looks like: http://www.digitaldouble.net/contact.html

In order to do this, it will require a lot of plastic and a lot of collaborators with replicators out there willing to contribute one or more prints. 

Attached is a picture of a print I made (I also created the model) by assembling multiple parts together.  And here's a video where I describe the process:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRvmoIDoaaY&feature=plcp

If I can get the support of the makerbot community (where you come in), I would then create the digital sculpture and dice it up into 4x4x8 chunks for each contributor to print and ship to Redmond, WA.

I realize this is not a simple task. But rest assured, I'm fortunate to know many builders who I will seek advice from in order to make sure the statue is stable and well grounded. I would ask that all prints be made hollow with a thick shell, so we can fill it in with sand or other substance to weigh it down. Or perhaps leave it hollow and illuminate it from the inside!

It's a far out idea, I know, but if you want to be a part of it, make zero money but a little bit of history, email me at ka...@digitaldouble.com

All contributors will get publicly acknowledged on our website (www.digitaldouble.com) and our facebook page (www.facebook.com/digitaldouble). And publicy unveiled during the digital art festival (www.digitalartfestival.com).  And you never know, maybe the media will catch wind of it too.   If you want to volunteer and be a part of this crazy venture, let me know.

my ultimate goal is to interest one of the surrounding municipalities to accept the digital sculpture as a gift and install it in a more public space, like  a park.

cheers everyone!

Kamal Siegel

[tom burtonwood]

i've been thinking about distributed manufacturing for art projects too. this is a great idea. i'd love to be part of it. count me in.