The tsunami of advances in 3d printing technology brings an impending amnesia for a plethora of skills known and practiced for centuries. Production of intricate design work in metals, wood, plastics or just about any materials we can imagine, are, and will be taken over by cerebral process and cyborg.  The boundaries for the very act of making “artwork “have once again taken a quantum leap. The relevance of the “handmade” takes on a completely new significance, or insignificance.

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This artwork has been HAND drawn with a 3d pen. Producing extruded plastic lace. It reflects on the crossroads of computer-aided technology, juxtaposing the masculine art of blacksmithing and feminine craft of lace making, connecting old and new methodologies for creating.