Dave Farnham Essex, United Kingdom
I am UK based artist who's exhibited nationally and internationally. The main focus of my current studio practice is namely an investigation into the deconstruction of figurative sculpture using the collection and extraction of medical data.
My interest in the process of 3D printing and modelling lies in a desire to work against its connotation of facsimile and sameness and to instead render unique physiologies, exposing the corporeal fragility of the sitter or body from which the objects are derived. Physical damage to soft tissue becomes digital data, before being reprocessed as a macabre yet humorous trophy - a remnant of an individual battle with illness.
Artwork
'Mouse', 3D print, 2024
'Look What the Cat Dragged in' , 3D print, 2023
'Shrew', 3D print, 2024
'Gold Kidney', 3D printed kidney finished in 24ct gold leaf, black wooden box., 2022, £350
'Gold Heart', 3D printed heart finished in 24ct gold leaf, black wooden box., 2022, £350
'Gold Lung', 3D printed lung finished in 24ct gold leaf, black wooden box., 2022, £350
'Black Lung in Gold Box, 3D printed lung painted black, 24ct gold leaf box frame, 2023, £550
'Black Kidney in Gold Box', 3D printed kidney painted black, 24ct gold leaf box frame, 2023, £550
'Black Lung', 3D printed lung painted black in black wooden box., 2023, £350
'Black Kidney', 3D printed kidney painted black in black wooden box., 2023, £350
'Gold Intestines', 3D printed intestines finished in 24ct gold leaf, black wooden box., 2023, £350
'Kidney', 3D printed kidney finished in 24ct gold leaf on gloss white plate., 2021, £500
'Lung', 3D printed lung finished in 24ct gold leaf on gloss white plate., 2021, £500