2015: ART: BIZ: My first edition: first bronze art work from the virtual worlds

My first edition: first bronze art work 
from the virtual worlds

Art and business?  Sure, if there is money involved.  This is a statue, initially cast in pixels.  In virtual worlds, artists work in pixels.  Then the art went to China as bits over the internet.  Then 3D printing as plastic.  Then transformation into wax.  A ceramic coat to handle molten bronze. Then melting temperatures to lose the wax.  Finally molten bronze to replace the pixels.  It finally became a "real" statue.  

"Shattered"  in Bronze

• How it was done --  by ToySoldier Thor
• 1st Bronze Cast of a SecondLife® Mesh Art a Success - The Journey

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News and Notes

• NMA presents: Tue., 5/19: Matthew Broyles:11AM & Joe Rizzo: 12PM 
• Wizards Retreat on Cookie II  (California times)

• What Dreams May Come. SL12B Applications open till May 18
• Hypergate WIP Show  Next show: June 5, noon PacificTime
• Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info
• Scripters, G+ community:  OpenSim Scripters
• Hypergrid education community: Finding instruction on offer
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

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"Shattered" side view

• Shattered, virtual sculpture in real bronze: The art of Toysoldier Thor

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• How do I know this is the first bronze art work ever cast from virtual worlds?
• I don't. If it is not the first bronze art, I am sure someone will tell me. 
• Shapeways is printing other artwork in 3D. 
• But this art is quite like the traditional bronze casting.  
• The art is new, the artistic medium is new.
• But the final result is just like bronze casting has always been.

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• Maybe it will be valuable someday.  
• Just like those dime comic books that were left behind when we moved.
• A memorial to the early days of digital.
• Back before everything went digital.   
• Back when digital was still considered "unreal."  
• At least by the old folks.

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News and Notes 

Events 

• NMA presents: Tue., 5/19: Matthew Broyles:11AM & Joe Rizzo: 12PM 
• Wizards Retreat on Cookie II  (California times)

Matthew Broyles 11AM PST TheMatthewShow Returns!
Texas to New York and back again. Matt's keen observations are only matched by his musical abilities. Matt brings you originals and covers, marching to a drummer unlike that of most other artists in SL. Feel the beat.

Joe Rizzo 12PM Joe makes me feel like I'm in Golden Gate Park or strolling down Haight St. when all the tourists have gone home. His style draws on so many elements while remaining rooted.

Hypergrid

• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• Events on the Hypergrid. Selected Google calendars
• Happenings on the Hypergrid
• Kitely Events Calendar
• THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

Lauren's Place

• Lauren's place, Tuesdays, 5 pm California time 
• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen: 
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/124/241/22
• Watch later: Lauren's channel  

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Newcomer Help in Virtual Worlds

• Firestorm Features
• Events on the Hypergrid. Selected Google calendars
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• Blender Basics - Making Basic Mesh Prims
• Communities in Second Life: Community Cultural Hub
• Basic help for new arrivals in a virtual world at Georgia Gwinnett College
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GGC%20Island/66/81/28
• How to start in a virtual world, the video: Now see it on your browser
• UWA offers free online courses to help newcomers start in virtual worlds
• Firestorm Documentation and User Guide (Wiki)
• Beginner's building on the Hypergrid. Primland, the building tutorial game
• New Citizens Inc
• Table of Contents (Virtual Outworlding)
• Multilingual help: Welcome ports and Google Translate

Education

• VWBPE15 Conference, Summary, current and years past
• Take great online courses from the world's best universities
• Education in Virtual Worlds. Summary
• Top 10 Tips on How to Use Avatars in eLearning
• How the Second Life basics series can help teachers
• SLeducate: Learn and teach in Second Life
• Learning Objectives Creator

Writers

• Greyville Writer's Colony

How to handle a Hypergrid address 

• Travelling with Firestorm. Local, nearby, ingrid, Hypergrid, summary

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Video-Machinima in virtual worlds

• Machinima: Virtual World Filmmaking
• New Media Arts, Inc
• SUMMARY: Resources for video production in virtual worlds
• Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Hobbies: Doing video/machinima in virtual worlds
• Music Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Art videos from the virtual world
• Comedy videos from the Virtual World

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• For more on topics like this, circle Selby Evans in Google+ 
• What do we do in Virtual Worlds? 
• Opensim, Hypergrid: Summary
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• Google search this blog: Search bar, upper left--or:
• Put site:virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com at the end of the search terms 
• What is Second Life?
• Annotated screen shots made with Jing
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• This blog is not affiliated with Second Life or anything else. 
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