Luna Parkopened in Brooklyn in 1903 , during the peak of Coney Island attractions . This weekend , creative person Fred Kahl pays testimonial to the park ’s history with a 3D - printed theoretical account depicting it as it appeared 100 years ago . It ’s beingbilled as the large art instalment ever created on a desktop 3D printing machine , and establish it involve some fascinating , custom - made engineering .
TIME clip just publisheda fantastic short video recording about Kahl , his fascination with Coney Island , and the undertaking of building this sculpture , that you should absolutely watch . Firstlaunched as a Kickstarter last summer , Kahl ’s undertaking used a home - brew , Kinect - power 3D scanning booth to 3D mark 1:13 scale figurines of backers and visitor to serve as the crowd in his model park .
http://time.com/110416/coney-island-3d-printer/
After some delay due to venue issue , the first part of the facility wasrevealed today . It ’s not the full Luna Park — Kahl is still form on printing the residue of the diorama — but it ’s a fascinating start . And with the model park dwell by 3-D impress embodiment of backers and people who stumbled into Kahl’sScan - A - Rama 3D portrait studio in Coney Island , it act a fascinating new way for viewer to in reality become a part of the art .
Coney Island Scan - A - Rama
look-alike of Luna Park , fromTIME magazine ’s video on Fred Kahl .
summertime ’s here , and Coney Island attractor great and small are on our intellect . Just mean about it makes me hungry for a red-hot dog . you’re able to check out Fred ’s model all weekendfrom noon to 7PM at the Coney Island Museum . [ TIME ]
3D impression
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