Folium : a 3D printed book of Bas Relief from the Art Institute of Chicago / by Tom Burtonwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burtonwood, Tom, 1974- artist.

Contributor:

Afshar, Yasmine.

Tikkun, Sean.

Art Institute of Chicago.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burtonwood, Tom, 1974-.

Burtonwood, Tom.

Artists' books--United States.

Artists' books.

United States.

Bas-relief.

Three-dimensional printing.

Genre:

3-D printing.

Braille.

Artists' books.

Accordion fold format (Binding)

Artists' books -- Illinois -- 21st century.

Physical Description:

1 object (9 pages) : illustrations ; 20 cm + 1 USB flash drive

Place of Publication:

[Chicago, IL] : [Tom Burtonwood], [2014]

Notes:

"Folium features 3D scans by Tom Burtonwood and Yasmine Afshar ... the screw connectors are by Aubenc and the braille is by Sean Tikkun and nischi."--Certificate of authentication.

Folium was produced at the Art Institute of Chicago between January and August 2014 by Tom Burtonwood as part of his Artist in Residence in the Ryan Education Center. Folium is a 3D Printed Book of Bas Relief from the museums collection spanning over two thousand years of human history. The title Folium is derived from the Latin for leaf and refers to the decorative leaves that allow each page to flex -- www.tomburtonwood.com viewed on 12.18.2014.

Each page is attached to a flexible leaf held in place by two 136mm long bolts and which are secured by two knurled nuts. The nuts and bolts are derived from "Knurled surface finishing library" an openSCAD library by aubenc (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:9095) Each "leaf" should be printed in Ninjaflex, PolyFelx or a similar flexible thermoelastic polymer allowing the individual pages to flex and open like a "regular" book might. Folium is designed with braille translations of the front cover, and the list of works to aid recognition for the low sighted and visually impaired. The braille translations were produced using nischi's openSCAD Braille Writer library (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36921) and jaqtikkun's openSCAD Braille numbers, 1-12 in Nemeth code with number sign (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:274081) Folium is available from Thingiverse in addition to Github. Additionally the Tinkercad models have been made available -- www.tomburtonwood.com viewed on 12.18.2014.

Folium features 3D scans produced using Autodesk's 123D Catch and Recap photogrammetry applications. These scans we edited in Netfabb Pro, cleaned up for 3D printing and combined with STL files generated in Autodesk's Tinkercad to create the "pages." Each of the scans is printed with the positive and negative on the same page, allowing people to use malleable materials to create copies of all the pieces inside Folium. Simply undo the two securing bolts and slide the pages out. Detach from the flexible leaf if you choose. When finished simply reinsert and slide the bolt through and secure with the nut -- www.tomburtonwood.com viewed on 12.18.2014.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

OCLC:

915914162