{"id":21276,"date":"2013-05-31T11:15:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T18:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=21276"},"modified":"2013-05-31T12:28:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T19:28:34","slug":"nau-artist-collaborates-with-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-artist-collaborates-with-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU artist collaborates with computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21369\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21369\" alt=\"David Van Ness 3-D Art\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vanness.jpg\" width=\"229\" height=\"201\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3-D art by David Van Ness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Northern Arizona University\u2019s <strong>David Van Ness<\/strong> teaches his students a fascinating art form that marries creativity to the computer.<\/p>\n<p>Van Ness, coordinator of foundations in the School of Art, uses\u00a03-D printing to make three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model. The process involves laying down successive layers of material\u2014such as plastic\u2014to create an object.<\/p>\n<p>Printers that conduct additive manufacturing were invented around 30 years ago and have been used to create engineering, architectural, medical and constructive models. Just over a decade ago, the technology\u2019s application on the art world started being explored.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a recent grant from the NAU Parent Leadership Council, Van Ness was able to purchase a 3-D printer for the School of Art to begin using in beginning-level design courses this fall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/CAL\/Events\/Event-Pages\/David-Van-Ness\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-artist-collaborates-with-computers\/\">Northern Arizona University\u2019s David Van Ness teaches his students a fascinating art form that marries creativity to the computer. Van Ness, coordinator of foundations in the School of Art, uses\u00a03-D printing to make three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model. The process involves laying down successive layers of material\u2014such as plastic\u2014to create an object. Printers&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":21369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}