Lost in Neverland – 3D printed sculptures in Tokyo
From June 11 until June 29, 3D printing sculptor Eric van Straaten exhibits at FUMA CONTEMPORARY | BUNKYO ART in Tokyo. The gallery is open …
Sep 2013
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LATEST NEWS: In the footsteps of Ray Ceasar? For the last few months, 3D sculptor Eric van Straaten has been trying to educate himself in 3D rendering, a logical step after the adventures in 3D printing. Although the main focus in his work will continue to be 3D printing, he believes that high quality 2D prints can be a nice complement to the 3D printed works. Above are the first two achievements and the two 3D printed sculptures that where the inspiration for the scenes.
PORTFOLIO
These are my ‘real life’ 3D-printed statuettes that are available for sale. If you want information on that, please mail me here.
NEW MODELS
These are my latest ketches in the form of computer renders (some of them are not yet 3D-printed, others are – see my portfolio above for pictures of the prints). All these new designs can be viewed in a 360 virtual render (click with your mouse on the image and move around). Some of these designs are already printed, but if not, this way of presenting digital designs give a real good idea of how the eventually 3D-printed sculptures will look like.
PAST FAVORITES
These are some of the best ‘real life’ 3D-printed statuettes that I made earlier (sold out).
A Sea full of Mermaids
This summer, Teylers Museum, the first and oldest museum in the Netherlands, is organising the first exhibition ever to be held in the Netherlands on …
Jun 2013
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New 3D-printed sculptures in London
From May 1 till the 24th, Eric van Straaten participates with three 3D printed sculptures in a grand exhibition at Sladmore Contemporary (32 Bruton Place, …
May 2013
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According to trendwatchers, 3D-printing is the next big thing: in the near future, every household will own a printer that is capable of printing digital three-dimensional objects into a physical object. In the process that is best known under the name ‘Additive Manufacturing’, a 3D-printer builds up a model layer by layer by selectively hardening liquid or powder.
If this powder is a plaster-like material, a model can be directly printed in full color. The 3D-printing of delicate and colored models is far from being just pushing a button, but requires great technical skills. Therefore only a few specialize in this technique and there is no artist who pushes the boundaries of colorized 3D-prints as far as Eric van Straaten.
There is no technique that is capable of achieving such a great degree of hyper(sur)realism as 3D-modeling. At the same time, 3D printing is the only technique with which virtual models can be made actually physically touchable. Physical expressiveness in form and content is the biggest strength of the work of Eric van Straaten: while the sculptures remain to have a certain digital feel to them, the pieces contain a weirdly eroticized corporeality. Balancing on the edge of kitsch, the marzipan-like quality of the material resonates beautifully with the apparent innocence of the scenery.
Prof. Dr. Arnold Ratsberger
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Interview at 3d-printing-experts.com
A great article at YAREAH magazine
Another great article at YAREAH magazine
My ranking at artistaday.com
Interview at i.materialise.com
Interview at dontpaniconline.com
Blogpost at Juxtapoz
Blogpost at HiFructose
Blogpost at GOLDFISHED
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