Elements, 2023, 3D-printed nylon, mixed media, Ø76.2 × 53.3 cm

Elements is a series derived from Spirit Snacks project, exploring an alternative approach to visualizing energy and vibration. Each piece features a meticulously 3D-printed nylon “spirit” placed atop a plastic rock base, upon which lies a handwoven rug created by the artist. The compositions evoke the meditative geometry of the rock garden at Ryōan-ji, creating a sense of visual harmony that invites viewers to contemplate spirituality, nature, and the unseen. Within this structure of harmony, the Elements works reveal how sculpture, after the advent of 3D printing, acquires a new sensory reality. The “printed form” is not a mere replication of a virtual model but a visualization of the process through which digital data materializes into physical substance. For Heisner, 3D printing is not simply a technical tool but a sensory conduit between the virtual and the real, where sculpture is composed not through manual labor but through the rhythm of algorithms. The series captures the moment when the printed forms reenter reality from the digital environment, proposing a new sculptural dimension in which material sensation reconnects with the metaphysical.