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Stereotomy is the art of cutting a three-dimensional object using a 2D plan. I'm a computer graphics guy, and I think these old methods are very cool. I'm interested in the drawings made by the Compagnons du Devoir in the 19th century and will be exploring their techniques from my own point of view.

Today the term is used in architecture and construction history to refer to stone cutting and structural calculations that were made with graphical methods. I think that's cool too, and plan to take a look at the work of Monduit and Philibert de l'Orme. Basically, old technical drawings are cool.

"Stereotomy" is also an album by the Alan Parsons Project, but I won't be talking so much about that.