Head of a horse of Selene

From the British Museum's Parthenon collection Scanned by Cosmo Wenman. For more photos, descriptions of my reinventions, and info, go to www.cosmowenman.com **Head of a horse of Selene** Acropolis, Athens, 438-432 BC From the east pediment of the Parthenon Scanned from the original marble in the British Museum August 2012 by Cosmo Wenman, using AutoDesk 123D Catch. Edited for printing using Blender and Netfabb Studio Basic. Printed life size in PLA on a MakerBot Replicator. Finshed in *Epic Bronze* with Alternate Reality Patinas. http://www.alternaterealitypatinas.com Model published into the public domain October 2012. **************** I made these pieces in an attempt to show that, with the right finishes and attention to detail, 3D printers can produce objects of art worthy of public and private display. Not just miniature figurines, or toys, or practical household objects, and not just prototypes. They can do more than evoke the desired object, they can be objects of desire. But I chose these subjects in particular--elemental, archetypal museum pieces--to try to advance a different but complementary idea; that with 3D scanning and 3D printing, private collectors and museums have an unprecedented opportunity to recast themselves as living engines of cultural creation. They can digitize their three dimensional collections and project them outward into the public realm to be adapted, multiplied, and remixed. They should do this because the best place to celebrate great art is in a vibrant, lively, and anarchic popular culture. The world's back catalog of art should be set free to run wild in our visual, and now tactile, landscape, and whether it turns up lit in pixels on our screens, rematerialized in our living rooms, or embedded in our architecture or clothing, it's all to the good. And for forward-thinking, innovative institutions and collect