4/28/2006

Wireframe Roll

This picture comes out of the shape from shading experiments I did, where I ran an image of one of my paintings through a program that turned it into a 3D model.

To get the picture here, I took the "wireframe" rendered from the model by a 3D program and rotated eight copies of it around an axis.

The "wire" is laid out in a grid that describes the surface of the 3D model.   Wireframes remind me of the metal grids used to reinforce poured concrete, or rolls of fencing.  I like them because you can see through them but still see their form, like a friendly ghost.

You can pick out the individual 3D models here at the sides, with their right-angle, deep-dish pizza corners.