Classification of Digital Sculpture

I have a feeling that the future sculpture will be divided into two categories, one is called traditional sculpture and the other is called digital sculpture. The difference between the two is that, in the case of the same materials, one is to create and carve works on the materials by hand, and the other is to make images in the computer and make works on the materials with computer-controlled processing equipment (perhaps robots will replace human hands). The closest thing between traditional sculpture and digital sculpture is bronze sculpture. Because this kind of metal sculpture is basically clay sculpture, and then molten metal is poured after mold turnover, the final product has actually become a third-party product through the medium of mold turnover. The same is true of digital sculpture, which "copies" virtual shapes into third-party finished products through machinery and equipment. From this perspective, digital sculpture is a new traditional sculpture, but it is realized in different ways. In fact, no matter how we achieve our goals, we are nothing without imagination and creativity.

Traditional sculpture is inefficient but unique, which is its value. Digital sculpture is efficient but reproducible, which is also its value. Traditional sculpture has more artistic value because of uncertainty, while digital sculpture has more scientific and technological value because of controllability and certainty. Now the most widely used place of digital sculpture is probably the toy model. In the future, hand-made models may also change from hand-made to digital sculptures. However, just as traditional sculpture has the charm of traditional sculpture, handcraft also has the value of handcraft. Digital sculpture will only be one of the efficient crafts and will not replace traditional crafts.