Interview with Francesco Mai by DesignerV

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Hello everybody. First of all I would like to thank all staff of 3dm3.com especially Vlad Nalimau and Sergey Guziy for the opportunity of this interview.So let's begin! I was born in Italy, in Milan,in the 1972. I always went to scientific school until the University of Biology that however I have interrupted halfway for dedicate completeness to Computer Graphic and photography, two of my big passions since I was teenager.

When have you started learning cg? First was it just your hobby? What kind of experience have you got? Tell us about your career in cgi.

Everything started when I had for gift from my parents a Commodore Amiga 500, I think it was in 1988.Before I never touched a computer; I had only seen in the room of my friends, like Vic 20 and Commodore 64.It was there that I fell in love with the creative possibility of the computer (with all limits that could have that machine 20 years ago..) I stared learning C.G. with De Luxe Paint and Image.And from those far years I never stopped to study and to experiment with the PC. You are right.. At the begin was only an hobby but years after years it became a work. From 2003 I began to works seriously and I have carried out many exhibition with a lot of satisfaction. And many others are in preparation.Moreover this summer I will have thepossibility to have my own gallery in Italy.

You’ve got an original style. How did come to such kind of art? What is your main aim while creating such artworks? Have you got some kind of general concept?

I am very attracted from the organic shapes and from the structures of the Nature,both the macro and the microcosmos. Certainly my studies of Biology influenced me. I am particularly enchanted from the "textures"of crustacean and all their aculeus. And I am also attracted from the plancton and microplancton seen into the Scanning Electron Microscope. My purpose when I creating my artworks is mainly to amaze and to exceed myself. Then I try step by step to create something that doesn't exist in Nature but is probable true at the first look. By the way many gallerists think that my artworks are photos taken from mt really handmade sculptures.Often my proposal of exhibition is refused because they think to have not enough space in their galleries for my big and heavy sculptures! But for me is an honor.But now come back to your question: usually I don't start with a fixed idea of what I want.I can say to you that step by step I (try to) rule the Chaos until I achieve a situation full of power, beauty and balance: I love to experiment with the endlesspossibility of software.