Artists converts seismogram of Japanese earthquake into sculpture CULTURE (/BROAD-TOPICS/CULTURE) / 07 NOVEMBER 11 / by OLIVIA SOLON (/SEARCH/AUTHOR/OLIVIA+SOLON) READ MORE ON ART (/TOPICS/ART) Everything from traditional art to sculpture, modern art and design (#MainNavigation) (#SubscriptionOptions) Artist Luke Jerram has converted a seismogram of the devastating earthquake (http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-03/11/japan-earthquake-nuclear-reactors) that took place in Japan in March into a 3D-printed sculpture. The seismogram charts nine minutes of the earthquake in its varying intensities. The graph was rotated using computer-aided design to create a 3D image and then 3D-printed using rapid prototyping technology. The piece -- called the Tohuko Japanese Earthquake Sculpture (http://www.lukejerram.com/projects/t%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake) -- is 30 cm long and 20 cm wide. This is not the first time that Jerram has created a sculptural representation of a catastrophe -- he has also created a piece based on a sound file of the Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion (http://www.lukejerram.com/projects/28_seconds_hiroshima) . Other projects include his hot air balloon-based Sky Orchestra (http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/25/sky-orchestra) and a ring that he gave to his wife for their anniversary that doubled as a tiny projector (http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010- 07/22/projector-ring) . The piece will be on show at the Terra exhibition (http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/page/3096/Jerwood+Encounters) at Jerwood Visual Arts from 9 November to 11 December. Edited by NATE LANXON START THE CONVERSATION Tohuko Japanese Earthquake Sculpture 4 items VIEW GALLERY (#) Japan's down a (/news/ 03/11/ nuclear READ NEXT (/news/archive SCIENCE NEWS Topics (/)