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Monday, 23 January 2012
Crowdfund the Rygo
Check out this very Kool Sculptural Project:
Crowdfund the Rygo - North America's Largest 3D Print
I just received this email request from JF Brandon:
"Hi ... I was wondering if you wanted to put in a piece on your blog about
this public art project i am doing. We want to crowd fund the Rygo, a 2
meter tall 3D print made of reused limestone powder and to be installed
in Mount Pleasant. You can check out everything here www.indiegogo.com/crowdfundtherygo ".
Thanks JF ... Your project is going to be awesome!
YouTube: Uploaded by timecrash2001 on Jan 23, 2012
The Rygo was designed by Bathsheba Grossman. If we are funded, we will print it using the DShape and install it at Gropps Gallery of Vancouver, Canada.
Go to our IndieGoGO profile here: http://www.indiegogo.com/crowdfundtherygo
Help
us create the biggest 3D print in North America, designed by Bathsheba
Grossman, printed by the DShape and installed at Gropp's Gallery of
Vancouver
What this project is about
We are combining high technology and high art to create
something very special – the Rygo. Standing 2 meters tall, it will be the
largest such 3D print of any type in North America (quite possibly the Western
hemisphere) and will be installed for all the world to see at Gropp’s Gallery
of Vancouver, Canada. Crowdfunding the Rygo reflects the best qualities of
Vancouver – organic design supported by a grassroots movement. This is also an
international effort! The Rygo will be printed in Italy by Enrico Dini’s
DShape, itself the largest 3D printer of its kind, measuring 6 x 6 x 8 meters
(20 x 20 x 27 ft). The Rygo was designed by famous 3D designer and sculptor
Bathsheba Grossman of California, utilizing esoteric math and an artistic touch
to craft a piece that would have been un-makeable by any other means.
Everyone in this campaign truly believes that 3D printing
will shake up everything you thought you knew about design, construction, manufacturing,
architecture, sculpture….you name it. We hope you feel the same. Every contribution is going towards a leap in technology that
happens only once a decade.
What you will get
We have lots of awesome rewards. Although the Rygo will be
located in Vancouver, you will able to see and interact with the Rygo via the
internet. For $15 you will be given a password to our website and see the Rygo *live* via
webcam. Not only that, you will be able to change the colour and intensity of
the light inside the Rygo. We have the leafychain designed by me for $20. These
will be printed by our friends in New York, Buildatron, who have just released
a new 3D printer onto the market.
We have actual pieces made the DShape! For
$30 you will get a chunk of DShape print material – be the first in your city
to have a piece of history! From $75 to $300 we have small, medium and large 3D prints
of the Rygo made of clear plastic. You can put it on your necklace, put it on your desk.
Above $750, you can receive an actual 3D print by the
DShape. We have “Rolinks”, a chain of 4 links; each link will be printed within
itself. The Rolinks is perfect as a tablepiece or hung from above.
For $1000 we have this lamp
designed by JF Brandon. Called “Niche”, it measures 1 meter tall (3 ft) and can stand
outside to illuminate the path or inside as a tablelamp. It was made using
Voronoi diagrams to make non-repeating holes to allow light through.
Where the donations are going
3D
printing, shipping and installing the Rygo will cost close to $10,000.
This includes Custom Duties and Taxes. 3D printing the smaller versions
of the Rygo, the Leafychain, the Rochain or the Niche are a significant
expense that must be covered. If we don't meet our target, we can print a
smaller Rygo. But size matters! I don't think a smaller Statue of
Liberty would have had the same impact as it did. Nor a smaller Eiffel
Tower. And it certainly wouldn't be "the largest" 3D print in North
America. The DShape is a 6 x 6 x 8 meter 3D printer.... so if we exceed our target, we might print a bigger Rygo!
You
will receive a password to our website and online app to control the
colour and intensity of the light inside the Rygo, which you can view
via Webcam.
Includes
Gratitude, Your name on the Plaque, Leafychain, DShape Pet Rock and
Light Control. (Please add $15 for US and Canadian Orders, $25 for
International)
Includes
Gratitude, Your name on the Plaque, Leafychain, DShape Pet Rock and
Light Control. (Please add $15 to your pledge for US and Canadian
Orders, $25 for International)
Includes
Gratitude, Your name on the Plaque, Leafychain, DShape Pet Rock and
Light Control. (Please add $15 for US and Canadian Orders, $25 for
International)
This
is an actual 3D print by the DShape and designed by JF Brandon. Measure
100 cm in height, with a 45 cm base. Includes weatherproof light.
(Shipping costs not included)
Gratitude
Name on Plaque
Light Control
Leafychain
Pet Rock
Sm, M and L Rygo
Rolinks
Niche
And! A personal call from me. That is the one perk you will receive immediately.
