Case Study: George Washington University Corcoran School of Arts and Design brings student artwork to life with 3D Systems' Sense 3D scanner and ProJet ColorJet printers

3D Scanning and Printing Bring Artwork to Life

3D Systems supplied 3D scanning and printing tools to Professor Davide Prete’s “Sculpture and New Technologies” course at George Washington University’s Corcoran School of Arts and Design. The challenge was to introduce fine‑art students to digital workflows in a hands‑on, low‑fear way so they could explore scanning, modeling and printing alongside traditional sculptural techniques and address personal and social themes.

Students used the Sense 3D scanner to capture faces and bodies, refined meshes in sculpting and CAD software (Rhino, Illustrator) and printed their work on ProJet ColorJet printers to produce individual tiles that assemble into a cooperative panel. The outcome was hundreds of vibrant, professional‑quality tiles that accelerated digital experimentation, strengthened final parts through powder infiltration, and successfully blended new technologies with studio art practice.

George Washington University Corcoran School of Arts and Design

Davide Prete

Lecturer