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Folium was produced at the Art Institute of Chicago between January and August 2014
by Tom Burtonwood as part of his Artist in Residence in the Ryan Education Center. Folium
is a 3D Printed Book of Bas Relief from the museums collection spanning over two thousand
years of human history. The title Folium is derived from the Latin for leaf and refers to
the decorative leaves that allow each page to flex.
Folium features 3D scans produced using Autodesk’s 123D Catch and Recap photogrammetry applications. These scans we edited in Netfabb Pro, cleaned up for 3D printing and combined with STL files generated in Autodesk’s Tinkercad to create the “pages.”
Each of the scans is printed with the positive and negative on the same page, allowing people to use malleable materials to create copies of all the pieces inside Folium. Simply undo the two securing bolts and slide the pages out. Detach from the flexible leaf if you choose. When finished simply reinsert and slide the bolt through and secure with the nut.
Folium is designed with braille translations of the front cover, and the list of works to aid recognition for the low sighted and visually impaired. The braille translations were produced using nischi’s openSCAD Braille Writer library (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36921 ) and jaqtikkun’s openSCAD Braille numbers, 1-12 in Nemeth code with number sign (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:274081 )
Folium is available from Thingiverse in addition to Github. Additionally the Tinkercad models have been made available.