PaintingWithMaterials

DigitalSculpture Close detail of a Van Gogh flower still life: asters and chrysanthemums in pink, ochre, and red built up in thick ridged impasto strokes George Frampton's Lamia: a polychrome bust with a pale ivory face, eyes downcast, encased in a dark bronze headdress and gown set with opals

an solution for building and texturing, somewhat like the patterns in a KlimtDress one can use the innate patterning in a Shader to give definition to form almost forgoing painted texture mapping altogether.

But I am beginning to question the notion that it should only happen digitally. I believe that physical objects are necessary. My problem is twofold.

  1. Mass produced objects of low quality. The world is awash in trash.
  2. Scarcity resulting in fine objects only enjoyed by a privledged few.

If I am to make things, I know that I only wish to make things that a meaningful, beautiful, and that last. Fetishes. I want to work in bronze, not plastic. Electricity and bits, paper, silver, gold. But how?