Jardín de Gárgolas
In collaboration with YolloCalli Arts Reach and artist-educator Secret of Manna, we helped bring students’ 3D digital garden gargoyle designs to life. Starting in Fall 2023, students conceptualized their creations using design software, and by spring, the project evolved into a fabrication and exhibition class. We transformed virtual visions into tangible statues, using lost PLA sand molds to create a direct translation between the digital design and its metal duplicate.
From a student's mind to a cast aluminum sculpture
In a course with YolloCalli Arts taught by artist and teacher Secret of Manna, students developed 3D rendering skills. To exhibit these skills each student designed a type of Gargoyle to be 3D printed. We printed the sculptures in house and prepared them for casting. These 3D printed sculptures then became the positive for a resin sand mold system.
Once casted, we utilized our expertise in finishings to bring the sculptures to life. Welding pieces of the gargoyle puzzles together and finishing with a dark patina.