# Disappearing sculptures

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-sculptures/940726>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** arts-crafts\
**Created:** [April 25, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-sculptures/940726 "2021-04-25T01:23:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-sculptures/940726/1 "2021-04-25T01:23:30Z")

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This physicist turned artist creates steel sculptures that “disappear”. He creates them using 3D printing and design.

> <https://twitter.com/mashable/status/1386094350598172673>

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-sculptures/940726/2 "2021-04-25T02:41:05Z")

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Pretty wild. I like that stuff.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-sculptures/940726/3 "2021-04-25T06:40:32Z")

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Very cool!

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-sculptures/940726/4 "2021-04-25T12:40:27Z")

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I dunno; I found it underwhelming. It’s just sculptures made out of a bunch of parallel sheets of steel, so that you can see through them when you’re edge-on to the plates. It’s a neat effect when you pan around them from a distance with a telephoto lens, but that’s a lot of effort to go to to appreciate a piece of art.