Digital sculpture and 3D printing for the Ocean Exploration Center for Marine Conservation in Key Largo, FL. December 2024 - April 2025 I was given the task to sculpt and 3D print dozens of true to life reef fish, invertebrates and sharks native to the Florida Keys. Below show the new exploration center, some of the digital sculpts, fabrication process. Some if the fish had many different poses, and life phases.
Juvenile Spotted Drum (Equetus punctatus)
Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus)
Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus)
French Angelfish (Pomacanthus paru) and Gray Angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)
Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris)
Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris)
Juvenile Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)
Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)
Bar Jack (Caranx ruber)
Peppermint Basslet (top) and Harlequin Bass(bottom)
Slippery Dick, terminal and initial phase (Halichoeres bivittatus)
Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans)
Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans)
Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans)
Yellowtail DamselfishMi (crospathodon chrysurus)
Butter Hamlet (Hypoplectrus unicolor)
Spotfin Butterflyfish (top) Banded Butterflyfish (top)
Banded Butterflyfish
Crown-of-thorns starfish
Crown-of-thorns starfish
Bicolor Damselfish (Stegastes partitus)
Blue Chromis (Azurina cyanea)
Cocoa Damselfish (Stegastes variabilis)
Ocean Surgeonfish and Doctorfish
Yellow Goatfish (Mulloidichthys martinicus)
Spotted Goatfish (Pseudupeneus maculatus)
Caribbean Neon Goby (Elacatinus lobeli)
Caribbean Neon Goby (Elacatinus lobeli)
Caribbean Neon Goby (Elacatinus lobeli)
Rusty Goby (Priolepis hipoliti)
Masked Goby (Coryphopterus personatus)
Masked Goby (Coryphopterus personatus)
Bridled goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum)
Bridled goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenum)
Green Moray Eel (Gymnothorax funebris)
Green Moray Eel (Gymnothorax funebris)
White Grunt, Bluestripe Grunt, French Grunt
Bluestriped Grunt (Haemulon sciurus)
French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum)
Longspine Squirrelfish --- Holocentrus rufus
Mackerel Scad (Decapterus macarellus)
Mackerel Scad (Decapterus macarellus)
Mackerel Scad (Decapterus macarellus)
Blue Parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus)
Blue Parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus)
Clown Wrasse (Halichoeres maculipinna)
Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster rostrata)
Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster rostrata)
Princess Parrotfish tactile model (Scarus taeniopterus)
Queen Parrotfish, terminal and initial phase (Scarus vetula)
Queen Parrotfish (Scarus vetula)
Queen Parrotfish initial phase (Scarus vetula)
Redband Parrotfish (Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride)
Stoplight Parrotfish scales (Sparisoma viride)
Princess Parrotfish initial phase (Scarus taeniopterus)
Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus)
Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezii)
Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezii)
Sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)
Sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)
Yellowhead Wrasse, terminal and initial phase (Halichoeres garnoti)
Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis)
Gray Snapper (Lutjanus griseus)
Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus)
Yellowtail Snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus)
Spanish Hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
Trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus)
Bluehead (Thalassoma bifasciatum)
Brain coral
Staghorn Coral
Jesse w/ Reef Shark
some of the 3D print farm at Intention space
Roy making approvals
Lionfish stomach contents
File fish found in lionfish stomach
Jesse with grouper
Hal Painting fish
Grouper parts
Koda constructing + sculpting large Grouper
Koda with reef shark head
Chad sculpting reef segments
Jesse with shark
Shark Spa
