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From: bic@socrates.ucsf.edu (Bruce Cohen%CGL)
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Subject: Teapot (intro)
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Date: Wed, 21-Jan-87 15:55:01 EST
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This is an introduction to three postings of code and data 
from IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, January, 1987:
"The Origins of the Teapot," by Frank Crow, Xerox PARC (from conversations
with Martin Newell and Jim Blinn), pages 8-19. The article describes the origin
of the computer model for the teapot which is frequently seen in computer
graphics images. The article includes pictures of the original teapot, of
a hand-drawn sketch used in modeling, and of many computer-generated pictures
of the teapot. The article describes the history of the teapot, the modeling
process, and why the teapot shape is interesting.

If you are interested in more articles of this type, in more code or data
(such as the teapot data below) or have code or data that you would be 
willing to share, please contact: Chip Hatfield, Lawrence Livermore National
Lab, PO Box 5504, Livermore, CA 94550 or HATFIELD@LLL-ICDC.ARPA.