Fugitive Love, Rodin, Portland Art Museum

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I'm thrilled to be part of an ever-growing community of makers here in Portland, Oregon. We call ourselves Layer Geeks and even have a club on meetup.com called the “Portland 3D printing lab” where we geek out over 3D printing and challenge each other to create something amazing. We also love taking on fun projects like 3D printing a life-size cow #crowdcow. This project is definitely one of my favorites so far, as I had the incredible opportunity to work with the Portland Art Museum to 3D scan the Cantor foundation's statues made from the legendary works of Auguste Rodin. With patience and a steady hand, I guided my iPad equipped with the Structure scanner from Occipital in real-time, watching the object get recorded into a 3D printable model right before my eyes. I then used Autodesk's Meshmixer application to size and clean up the scan, all thanks to the Portland Art Museum for making this possible. I feel truly lucky to be able to share these scans with my fellow makers. I highly encourage you to have fun with the scans, create them for yourself or a friend so you can become part of the maker movement.