Private/temp for MAKE

Client’s concept art, for their Kickstarter campaign, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/baerbench/baer-bench-for-the-father-of-the-video-game

Likeness of Baer, with renders of digital design. Image courtesy Cosmo Wenman

Render of digital design, exploded for 3D printing and bronze casting. Image courtesy Cosmo Wenman

Render of segmented digital design, with vents for bronze casting. Image courtesy Cosmo Wenman

Baer’s “Brown Box,” digital design segmented for 3D printing and bronze casting. Image courtesy Cosmo Wenman

Bronze, after casting, chasing, and sandblasting, ready for patination. Image courtesy Metal Fabrication and Art.

Photo from https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/06/ralph-baer-statue-in-manchester-new.html CONTACT: vrojomit@gmail.com

Same as previous, (but blurred for clarity by Cosmo)

Photo from https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/06/ralph-baer-statue-in-manchester-new.html Contact: vrojomit@gmail.com

Photo from https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/06/ralph-baer-statue-in-manchester-new.html Contact: vrojomit@gmail.com

Photo from Baer Bench Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/BaerBench/ Maybe also from https://orbitgroup.com/baer-square

Photo from Baer Bench Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/BaerBench/ Maybe also from https://orbitgroup.com/baer-square

Baer with his invention

Baer, from Smithsonian National Museum of American History site: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/the-father-of-the-video-game-the-ralph-baer-prototypes-and-electronic-games/biography

Baer, from https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/d-man123/blog/the-history-of-the-magnavox-odyssey-looking-back-o/114403/

Baer, from https://www.ipmall.info/content/magnavox-co-v-activision-inc-ralph-baers-litigation-files
















Here’s another project, which I made for a client that specializes in exhibits for the blind. It’s for the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. These images show the workflow pretty clearly. Full description here: https://www.conceptrealizations.com/projects#/digital-waxworks/

Original object — in this case, a 14” plaster cast of an Orangutan hand.

3D scanning the original.

Digital model, ready for onscreen digital editing.

3D printed wax with investment window, integral sprues, vents, and funnel.

3D printed wax with investment window, integral sprues, vents, and funnel.

3D printed wax with ceramic investment, ready for burnout and bronze pour.

Bronze casting ready for chasing.

Finished bronze.







