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3D Printed Art: Is it Really Art at All? If Not, What is It?
One of my favorite things to read and write about is 3D printed art. I’m continually amazed at what people are able to create with a printer and a roll…
3Doodler Gives Their 3D Printing Pen a Sleek Redesign with the 3Doodler Create
Ever since the toy company WobbleWorks LLC raised a whopping $2.3 million on Kickstarter for the first iteration of their 3Doodler 3D printing pen, the handheld device has taken the…
Famous Portraits Reimagined in 3D Print: Daniel Warnecke Updates the Classics
Photographer Daniel Warnecke‘s work explores portraiture’s essence, moving beyond the realistic conveyance of an exterior topography to questions of how a captured likeness continues to evolve despite traditional conceptualizations of it…
The Next Rembrandt: Reaching Toward the Human Soul with 3D Printed Data
The technical world of 3D printing is an absolute wonder of precision and possibility. It has become clear that there is an as yet unlimited potential for improvement of the…
‘Spherical Creations’: Artist Dario Santacroce Creates Amazing 3D Printed Sandstone Sculptures
Traditional artists are turning to using 3D printing in their work, and making some very interesting hybrid art — that is, art made using both 3D modeling and traditional hand…
Artist Barbara Taylor-Harris Works Where 3D Pen Meets Paint
Artists are known for their willingness to experiment and so it should come as no surprise that in the art world, the introduction of a new technology such as a…
Back to Handcrafted Basics: Talented Artists Toss High Tech & 3D Printing Out The Window
As someone who has failed miserably in the art of whittling, woodworking in shop class, knitting, crocheting, and anything that involves using a couple of what seem like unwieldy yet…
For the Plight of the Elephant: Artist Jonty Hurwitz Takes to the 3D Printed NanoScale Again with ‘The Fragile Giant’
Artist Jonty Hurwitz has created a 3D printed elephant. And while that alone may be enough to gain your attention, the one he’s created will have you squinting–in amazement. Fabricated…
Artist Rachel Goldsmith Continues to Take 3Doodler 3D Printing Pen to New Levels
When the 3Doodler 3D Printing Pen was introduced via Kickstarter in 2013, I don’t know if its creators or backers could have predicted the impact the tool would have on the…
Larger than Life: Leonel Moura Creates Towering 3D Printed Public Sculpture
Lisbon is a wonderful city, with a combination of old-world charm and the unique circumstances of Portugal’s history. There, you can visit tiny shops selling only custom-made hats, spend your time…
Artist Marcy Milks 3D Prints 20,000 Figures to Populate an Art Installation
At first sight, the teeming white figures seem to represent the active citizenry of a metropolis, all out and on their way about their daily lives. However, get closer and…
3DPhotoWorks Turns Art & Photography into a 3D Printed, Multi-Sensory Experience
3D printing has great purpose in this world. Many important things are happening. Lives are being saved. We are exploring space and taking 3D printers with us. The manufacturing world…
Design Duo Bart/Bratke Create Incredible 3D Printed Sound Sculpture
German designers Paul Bart and Marvin Bratke collaborated for over a decade before deciding to found their own studio in 2014. The two share a fascination with the impact that…
Canadian Artist Guillaume Lachapelle Creates Haunting, 3D Printed Dioramas
There’s something so compelling and, conversely, off-putting and potentially even anxiety-provoking about the 3D printed dioramas of Montréal-based artist Guillaume Lachapelle. This sculptor–who is clearly inspired by architecture and the human…
Sound Sculpture: Artist 3D Prints from Music, Mathematical Algorithms & Organic Shapes
Written in collaboration with Bella Green of 1click3dprint.com “Life in general, science, art, humans; everything is a source of inspiration. It’s the craving for creating something unique that stands out from…
Eye Catching Oil Paintings Created with 3D Printed Elements
As painting is a largely visual medium, the key to promoting your work lies in being able to get people to look at it. And this has to be more…
Vaxandi – A Manual 3D Printing Method for Wax Creates Astonishing Works of Art
When we think of 3D printing in the traditional sense, we typically imagine small to large pieces of machinery following computer code in order to fabricate precisely constructed objects. These…
Glance of Death: A Collection of Unique 3D Printed Sculptures
Given the proliferation of zombie movies that flood the cinema and late night television every year, you shouldn’t be surprised that there is interest in the workings of the human…
EPLVLEREPRAETERITORVM: 3D Printing Pulls a Dead Language from the Dust
EPLVLEREPRAETERITORVM. No, it’s not the latest incantation to be uttered by the great Harry Potter or a snippet of mischievious Middle-Earth Elven (or even a Klingon curse), although it is…
3D Printed 18th Century Native Tools Connect the Past and the Future
The search for a connection with our ancestors is an important part of understanding who we are today. Humans have been trying to integrate their distant past into the practice…
3D Printed Crack Cocaine on Display in San Francisco: Artist KATSU, Pushes Material Boundaries
San Francisco is known for many things, and being a buttoned-up, conservative city just isn’t one of them. As the same can be said of the art world in general,…
The Body Beautiful: Amazing 3D Printed Variations of Venus de Milo are Fabricated
The statue of Venus de Milo, on display in the Louvre, embodies the ancient Greek ideals of beauty. That connotation has remained so strong that for a time its image…
Grace Du Prez’s 3D Printed Vases Show the Magic Possible with the 3Doodler Pen
I did not think it was possible to make it any more difficult for me to wait patiently for the arrival of my 3Doodler 2, but that was before I…
Gary Erickson’s 3D Printed Faux Stained Glass Will Amaze You
I remember as a child, visiting my uncle’s house and greatly admiring the stained glass windows that filled his living room and kitchen. There was something about these colorful pieces…
