ABSTRACT
The world of exhibit design also benefits from the integration of three-dimensional (3D) technologies. Museum exhibitions, retail window displays, parade floats, and other related disciplines have found that 3D scanning and printing augment the tools they have used for decades. Sculpture studios also benefit from 3D technologies. New York-based sculptor Michael Ferrari-Fontana uses them for monuments and sculptures. Ivan Schwartz, Founder and Director of StudioEIS – one of the most renowned sculpture studios in the world – has produced two sculptures with Ferrari-Fontana that use 3D printing in the process. Although a traditional sculpting studio, they use 3D technologies for select projects. "There simply came a time when the right projects came along to make us look very seriously at the use of this technology, “says Schwartz. The entire sculpture was printed in full scale in 36 separate pieces and dipped in a ceramic multiple times to form a shell.
