Artists often push the envelope of design and technique and that is certainly the case for “Self-portrait 21” by Dutch sculptor Caspar Berger, selected as this week’s Design of the Week. The production of this bronze self-portrait is quite a story.
Berger used a medical CT scanner to capture a 3D model of his own skull. The skull was then 3D printed and sent anonymously to a forensic anthropologist with instructions to reproduce the most likely face of the skull using facial reproduction techniques (clay). Finally, the reconstructed head was bronzed.
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