torolf sauermann: evolution of genius
Susan Lomuto | Feb 27, 2010 | Comments 12
The conference wraps up tonight and I will stay on for a post conference workshop. While I finish up here, I have some homework for you. Torolf Sauermann is new to me. Dan Cormier referenced him in his Synergy seminar and there was a collective ‘ahhhh’ from the group. The work is full of undulating waves, geometric lines and patterns and…well, you tell me: What is the material? The process? Do you like it?
Torolf Sauermann (there are eleven pages in his gallery…take your time).
Video clip that shows the work from different angles.
The Synergy2 conference is fast paced and exciting and I will write about it more in depth after it is over, but if you are looking for pictures as the conference unfolds, Polymer Clay Daily has plenty of Synergy eye candy.
Be back soon!
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It is beautyfull, but I can’t immagine what material is, it’s so strange …
ciao!
What is the material? Gorgeous pieces
They are entirely digital, being made in a 3D program and rendered by a computer. I’m fairly sure at least some of these were modeled in a program called Caligari TrueSpace, because of an interface element that showed up in one of the renderings. The materials that these appear to be result from settings in the modeling program, plus imagery like a photo or drawing that can be applied over the surfaces of the virtual object to give an impression of texture and detail to an object.
Great work! In addition to the wondering about the material, what are the dimensions?
Thanks!
Is it ceramic, plastic or stiffened paper/paper mache’ ? Loved the video, the second item was a wonderfully delicate example of a Kleinbottle. I gather a lot of his stuff is mathematically based although I am not aux fait enough to recognize any of the other math concepts. Facinating.
Oh wait, duh, I’m staring righ at three Moebius!
And the Gallery contians a few Torus – the tubular rings.
Three four and five down, on the secon column from the left, of page one of the gallery series might be examples of Hyperbolic Planes? More of those too on other pages. But what Math principle are the balls and pieced square blocks examples of?
WOW!!!!
As if my mind hasn’t been reeling enough this week….but what a great addition to the thousands of images bouncing around my head!
Thanks for sharing.
In awe, but I grew tired of looking at them. Too mathematical for my poetic taste. I can’t imagine anyone capable of ‘making’ these, so I like Bett’s comment, that they are virtual.
Do you know; will you tell us?
Good guess, but they are not virtual – these are real objects! Sauermann uses a computer and mathematical equations to design each structure and a 3D printer to create the final object. I believe the material is a plastic.
More information here:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/07/3d-printer-art-draft.html
I was very intrigued, thinking it was polymer clay or polymer clay related. The site had no language translation, therefore I was frustrated. It gave the obvious appearance of a computer generated image, but I was still hoping it was then translated into a sculpture (acrylic, resin, polymer, plastic, etc.). He creates interesting variation and incessant change with his use of angles and although an exceptional depiction of complex images, I was not drawn into the work.