In order to realize a statue commissioned by an American dealer in 2019, the Demetz Art Studio L.t.d., once completed the realization of a drawing and of a first wooden example, turned to a Florentine company to carry out the robotic milling of the statue starting from a 3D scan, which was delivered to the company in a special file, with the express indication to return it or destroy it and, in any case, not to make other specimens of the statue.

This place, which is known in Italy and abroad as the home of religious craftsmanship in this market, the Demetz family has been active for generations in the creation of sculptures that today it designs and manufactures through the use of advanced methods. This is what happened with a sculpture made with innovative techniques and designed in one of the European centers of excellence of woodworking: Val Gardena.

In the artistic field, the applications are potentially boundless, and today, architects and fashion houses are increasingly making use of 3D printers to implement their projects, containing costs and also reducing the environmental impact of production.īut it is in the world of sculpture that the use of three-dimensional milling techniques have come to the forefront with a recent Italian Court case which shows that, while it is true that 3D printing is a great opportunity for innovation in the artistic world, the widespread circulation on the internet of files containing information suitable for reproduction through 3D printers can rise new between IP owners and third party users. 3D printing is a versatile tool that can be used to create anything from a simple pencil to an entire building, which can be scanned, transformed into an algorithm and then re-materialized by a machine that literally sculpts it in just 48 hours.

Digital sculpting