caspar berger uses 3D printer to produce skeletal self portraits
conceived using advanced CT scanning technology and 3D printing techniques, the skeletal self-portraits incorporate an upper arm bone cast in gold and a bronze forensic reconstruction of a face based on the artist's skull.
caspar berger uses 3D printer to produce skeletal self portraits‘skeleton’ by caspar berger’image © erik and petra hesmerg
conceived with advanced CT scanning technology, dutch sculptor caspar berger has developed a pilot series of skeletal self portraits in his latest ongoing project ‘skeleton’. using a 3D printer to produce precise reproductions of parts of his skeleton, the developments known as ‘skeleton / self-portrait 20’ and ‘skeleton / self-portrait 21’, incorporate the artist’s upper arm bone cast in gold and a bronze forensic reconstruction of his face based on the copy of his skull. the aim of the project is to make the invisible tangible in three dimensions – which can be seen through the scans, and physically interpreted as symbols of what remains of us after death.
processfrom left to right: 3D printed skull, moulding the skull with silicon image © erik and petra hesmerg
processfrom left to right: mapping the silicon, finalized mould before bronze castingimage © erik and petra hesmerg
after the skull, the first 3D prints arrived
wax bones
‘skeleton/selfportrait 21’ by caspar berger image © erik and petra hesmerg
‘skeleton/selfportrait 20’ cast in gold at museum vrolik, amsterdam image © erik and petra hesmerg
‘skeleton/selfportrait 20’ image © erik and petra hesmerg
detail image © erik and petra hesmerg
‘skeleton – prologue’video courtesy caspar berger
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