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| Crania Somothrace, Josh Harker |
It takes one Burning Man, some steampunk, and one pioneering artist to set new limits of what it means to be one of the best 3D printing designers in the world. As an instigator of the #1 most funded sculpture project in the history of Kickstarter, Joshua Harker is the proud owner of this title that comes with the artistic ownership of an impressive high-tech skull sculpture located in the fields of the uber-cool festival, and, at the same time, an aggressive evidence of the possibilities of art in tech.
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| MIT Lotusbrain, Josh Harker |
For artistic explorers, the time of 3D printing
is ripe with potential. By accumulating more than a 20-year experience in the
area, Josh Harker has been immersed in exploring the skills with the idea of
letting the world know just how tangible 3D sculptures can be. His
groundbreaking tech art is a way of showing how 3D printing work can be subtle
and sublime as a technology, yet aggressive and complex in the message.
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| 3-D printing artist, Josh Harker |
Harker was born in 1970, an apt time for growing
up in a post-hippy childhood, learning software and testing the mix of a formal
art education with individual learning dedicated to materials engineering and
3D tech. His formal education includes the Kansas City Art Institute, the School of Representational
Art in Chicago , the Evanston Art
Center and Northwestern University Chicago ,
New York , San Francisco ,
Paris , London and
Vancouver , BC Black Rock City for the 2017 Burning Man.
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| 3-D Transcendental Permutation or not, it's something you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley. |
The Tangle collection is a culmination of the public recognition for his efforts invested during a quarter of a century of testing the possibilities of 3D printers. He was learning software and fabricating filigree-fit materials that can be turned into the amazing world of 3D sculptures glowing in full glory only at a place such as the Burning Man--full of three-dimensional skulls, buffalo horns, desert winds and eagle wings.
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| Some of Harker's best works. |
Joshua started his landmark skull sculpture work
with a Kickstarter campaign, proving that he is not only a talented sculptor,
but also a motivated entrepreneur. Having a good start in the tech industry in
the nineties, where he was surrounded by innovative tech companies helped Josh
make the decisive move toward experimenting with 3D printing. While he was
enjoying the CEO position as late as 2008, the fascination with art took over
and he turned to 3D printed sculptures. You can find more about Josh Harker
final transitioning process from business to art in the video below:
Making
the Unmakeable - The 3D Industrial Revolution: Joshua Harker at TedX Binghamton
University
Digital sculpting enables complex dimensionality, one that can not be attained with traditional methods. Nowhere else can an artist work with dynamic 2D and 3D media, using image mapping and sculpture animation to bring the fourth dimension of time, as he can in 3D sculptures. And he is right--the journeying with static and kinetic sculptures that change over time offers unique stories to the captivated audience.
The experiential installations of this visionary
sculptor go way over 3D printing basics and well into radical contemporary art,
with a hint of abstract new-surrealism. The discernible filigree twists are
combined with the experience collected with his beginnings in 2D automation and
resemble (in his own words) the work of ”André Masson and practiced notably by
Miró, Breton, Dalí, Arp, and Picasso.” The depth of his work is not only due to
the lyrical aesthetics of the printed filigree and the homage to the great
masters of painting, but also due to the one-of-a-kind polarity provided by the
wireframe construction and the dynamics of time.
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| Mazzo di Fiori 16, Josh Harker |
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| Serpente Anatomica, Josh Harker |
Josh Harker is, without doubt, an artist of the
future. There is nothing like a personal artist’s statement to tell the story
of his revolutionary tech art. In Josh’s own words, this is his vision:
“Bolstered by the advent of organic modeling software, 3D printing technologies and material engineering, my visions are now able to be realized sculpturally in archival materials. Never before have forms of this organic complexity been able to be created. This boon of technology is a revolutionary time for the arts and one which will be boldly marked in history. I am honored to be considered one the pioneers in the medium.”
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| Quixotic Divinity Headdress --3D printed polyamide, Josh Harker |
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| Till Death Do Us Part, Josh Harker |
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