{"id":15830,"date":"2026-04-18T14:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&#038;p=15830"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:26:40","slug":"numeric-miling","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/csuri-charles\/numeric-miling\/","title":{"rendered":"Numeric Miling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"dam-custom-grid dam-custom-grid--cols-2\" style=\"--dam-grid-gap:16px;\"><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/C06.00242_numeric_milling_archive-e1604321229961.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Charles Csuri, Numeric Milling, Wood, \n3-Axis Milling Machine,\n33 x 56 x 22 cm, 1968 \n\" data-title=\"Charles Csuri, Numeric Milling, Wood, \n3-Axis Milling Machine,\n33 x 56 x 22 cm, 1968 \n\" data-caption=\"Charles Csuri, Numeric Milling, Wood, \n3-Axis Milling Machine,\n33 x 56 x 22 cm, 1968 \n\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1028\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/C06.00242_numeric_milling_archive-e1604321229961.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Numeric Miling (1968)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]Csuri&#8217;s wooden sculpture <em>Numeric Milling<\/em> is one of the few early computer sculptures created with a computer-driven milling machine.<br \/>\nThis work made use of the Bessel function to generate the surface. The computer program then generated a punched tape to represent the coordinate data. Included were instructions to a 3-axis, continuous path, numerically controlled milling machine.<\/p>\n<p>Programmed in collaboration with Leslie Miller.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More works<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/csuri-charles\/sine-curve-man\/\">Sine Curve Man<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/random-war\/\">Random War<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Numeric Miling (1968)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]Csuri&#8217;s wooden sculpture Numeric Milling is one of the few early computer sculptures created with a computer-driven milling machine. This work made use of the Bessel function to generate the surface. The computer program then generated a punched tape to represent the coordinate data. Included&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"kayo-button-simple wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/csuri-charles\/numeric-miling\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13370,"parent":12977,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[],"class_list":["post-15830","artists_ui","type-artists_ui","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","clearfix","entry-grid","entry-columns-default","entry-artists_ui-module-layout-standard","thumbnail-color-tone-dark","metro-portrait","entry-artists_ui","entry-artists_ui-grid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/15830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists_ui"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/12977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}