Shape Character sculpture
Case study

Character sculpture

Project: Mino at Work

Shape

Problem

A character a few centimetres tall has to become an exhibition piece almost as tall as a person, keeping the proportions and the character of the original. In fibreglass this would take a model and a mould, built for a single piece and then thrown away.

Need

A large format figure, light to move and to display, faithful to the original model, ready in days and with the finish of a piece of furniture.

Solution

The character was rebuilt digitally and printed to scale with the NUGAE system, split into sections: body and legs in one colour, head, arms and feet in another. No mould, no milling of a solid block. The parts were then finished, painted and assembled.

Benefits

No model and no mould to build and dispose of

A light figure that one person can move and install

Proportions faithful to the original, including the slender parts

Ready in days instead of weeks

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