Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC and math-based artwork

Dave Kowalczyk wrote:

> Hey!
>
> Well, the wife dragged me off to the art museum today and now that
> I'm back, I'm excited about artwork that could be done on CNC's.
> Some *very* interesting mathematical art done with a CNC milling
> machine:
>
> http://www.helasculpt.com/
>
> Anybody on the list already doing this kind of stuff? My brother
> is graduating soon with a math degree - I figure I can make him a
> parabolic coffee mug or something as a gift.

Well, I've done just a little bit of this, see
http://ascc.artsci.wustl.edu/~jmelson/artwork.html

I had another idea, not a mathematical surface, but to make busts of
my entire family. (And, if it actually worked out, maybe to sell a package
to do it, like the 'computer picture on a T-shirt' turnkey businesses
that were sold about 15 years ago. The tough part was getting people's
faces scanned into a 3-d point cloud. Laser beam scanners are obviously
out! Once you've got the 3-D data, then there is fairly low-cost
software that can turn that into a toolpath for a 3-axis (XZA) or
4-axis (XYZA) mill.

Jon