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More About Sculpture
- Richard Collins has created Sculptor.ORG
as a comprehensive resource for information about sculpture and sculptors.
It is an excellent place to find other sculptors' web sites. He also
offers tips for sculptors who want to set up web sites.
- The International
Sculpture Center offers an excellent overview of contemporary sculpture
plus opportunity listings for sculptors.
- The Sculpture Center in Ohio also offers general information on sculpture and includes "Sculptor's Forum" a bulletin board for questions about sculpture and sculptors.
- Traces is a web-based resource
for stone sculpture.
Regional Arts Links
- Virginia Commission for
the Arts
- North Carolina Arts Council
- South Carolina Arts Commission
- Carolina Arts--on-line
version of the newspaper, covering the arts in NC and SC
- Southern Arts Federation
- The Arts Council of the Blue
Ridge--Roanoke, VA
- Asheville Area Arts Council--Asheville, NC
- Piedmont Wood Carvers Club--Greenville, SC
- www.greenvillesouth.com/art.html--lists
arts sites and events in Greenville, SC
TSS member Bill Brown forging with a power hammer during the 1999 Spring Conference.
SculptorsMany members of Tri State Sculptors are also represented on other web sites.
Sculptors' Groups From Other Regions
- Philadelphia Sculptors
- The Texas Society of Sculptors
- Texas Sculpture Association
- North West Stone Sculptors Association
- The Oklahoma Sculpture Society
- Red River Sculpture Society
- Sculpteurs Bretagne (Brittany, France)
- Sculptors Incorporated (Baltimore, MD)
Residency Opportunities for Sculptors
- Penland School of Crafts--Penland, NC
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts--Sweetbriar, VA
- Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts--Gatlinburg, TN
- Vermont Studio Center--Johnson, VT
- The MacDowell Colony--Peterborough, NH
- Yaddo--Saratoga Springs, NY
Resources For Creating An Artist's Web Site
- Open Studio helps artists
create web pages and hosts them for free!
- Sculptor.ORG (See at top of this page.)
Computers and Sculpture
Computer-Aided Design Software
The 3-D modeling programs listed below mostly range from $100 to $2,000. Some are CAD programs, some are more oriented toward animation.
- Animation Master
- Amapi
- AutoCAD
- Carrara--a
synthesis of Ray Dream Studio and Infini-D
- Form-Z--originally
for Mac, now also for PC
- Imagine,
Organica
- Rhino--a NURBS-based
CAD program
- Solid Works
- Softimage
- Strata
- trueSpace--a must-see for those on a tight budget (trial versions can be downloaded)
Computer-Aided Manufacture Software - AusCAM
- CraftMill--by Real Factory (Japanese)
- SUM 3-D--by LAB Srl
- VisualMill--by MecSoft
- Auton CAM--Milling software.
- DeskProto--3D CAM software for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing
- FeatureMILL--Feature-based milling and machining
- Larken Automation--Low-cost NC tool path generator & machine combo
- OneCNC
- Mastercam
- Millit--CAD/CAM rapid prototyping and NC milling
- MillWizard
- RAMS Software--Sophisticated 2-D and 3-D milling software at an affordable price
- STLwork
- TOOLCHIPS--Pay-per-Cut: You only have to pay for the time you are actually using TOOLCHIPS 5.
- see the Computer-Aided Sculpture pages on Sculptor.Org
Desktop CNC Mills and Lathes
4'x8' and Larger CNC Mills
- ShopBot (Durham, NC)
- Techno-Isel
Imaging /Digitizing - LogiCAD3D--Magellan/SPACE MOUSE
- Faro--3-D digitizers
- MicroScribe--3-D digitizers
- Minolta--3-D scanner
- Delft Spline Systems--CAD/CAM rapid prototyping and NC milling
- see the Computer-Aided Sculpture pages on Sculptor.Org
Rapid prototyping - Protoshape--a rapid prototyping service for Rhino users.
- Evolution Design Engineering--Rapid Prototyping service with cost calculator.
Miscellaneous CAD/CAM
- Computer-Aided Design Discussion Group--part of the International Sculpture Center web site
- MaxNC user discussion group
- Taig user
discussion group
- ComputerSculpture.com--CAD/CAM software and equipment (selected, described, and sold by a sculptor).
- Mr. Bill's affordable CNC
- CNC tutorial and FAQ