Services

COVID-19 UPDATE:

Interested in remote scanning? We’ll cover the cost of shipping your project to and from our studio. For a custom scan quote, email photos of the item you’d like scanned to hello@form.xyz and we’ll reach out to discuss logistics.

Sculpting

At Form, we implement project-specific combinations of traditional clay sculpting, 3D scanning, digital sculpting, CNC milling, and 3D printing. Our services include the design and production of original works of art, enlargements & reductions, and precise replications of existing sculptures, props and prototypes.

3D Scanning

COVID-19 UPDATE:

Interested in remote scanning? We’ll cover the cost of shipping your project to and from our studio to be scanned by our staff. For a custom scan quote, email photos of the item you’d like scanned to hello@form.xyz and we’ll reach out to discuss logistics.

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Advanced 3D scanning capabilities are as important to additive manufacturing as material innovations. Our skilled technicians use a variety of structured-light cameras, photogrammetry, and 3D scanning and processing software in order to capture a high level of detail and emotional quality in the art. Stationary scanning, life-scanning, and photogrammetry may be done in our studio or on location.

For still objects, we use a 3D scanner to project structured blue light onto the sculpture, which picks up surface data that is then sent to a computer. We run this data through a program that combines and converts it into a solid 3D model, which we touch-up in post-processing to create a perfect model. The physical model can be edited in a sculpting program, much like one could do with a real, physical sculpture. The file can then be 3D printed in a variety of different mediums, including our directly castable PMMA material.

For live models, we use a handheld white light scanner that rapidly collects data in real-time. This allows us to capture a full-body pose in just a few minutes, effectively capturing the emotion in a gesture. The data is collected and converted into a 3D model within a matter of hours, and can then be adjusted and customized before CNC milling or 3D printing.

3D Printing

Form offers high resolution 3D Printing in a variety of materials to appropriately suit the scale of your project. Our unique large format 3d printed molds and investment casting processes offer efficient alternatives to traditional mold-making. With directly investable patterns, the need for costly and time consuming molds is eliminated. Enlargements can be produced directly from an original, without having to sculpt a second time.

Machining

CNC Milling is the earliest form of 3D “printing” and is still the best choice for many large scale projects, as material options come in a wide range of weights and densities. With both rotary and 3 axis milling, dimensions are limitless.

Artist Services

Great art often comes with great challenges. At Form, we can tailor virtually any of our processes to meet those challenges. We make the creation of dimensional forms, from miniature to monumental scales, not only possible in ways that were previously unavailable, but more efficient and cost effective as well.

Commercial Services

With a critical eye, a commitment to precision, and a diverse array of materials at our disposal, our team of artists and craftsmen and women can deliver a quality product on a deadline.