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3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — December 20
It’s the end of another week, which means it’s also time to catch our readers up on stories we didn’t cover last week. As always, last week’s 3D printing news…
Artist is 3D Printing a 26 Foot Long Boat in 100,000 Separate Pieces on 30 3D Printers
Over the past year, we have seen many incredible 3D printing projects take place. There have been houses, cars, boats, and prosthetic hands that have all been created on 3D printers….
Rachel Goldsmith: Artist in 3Doodler
I finally know what I want for Christmas (or any other holiday that people want to use as an excuse to give me presents): A 3Doodler. And it’s not just…
1,000 Poses and 500 3D Prints by Contemporary Artist Sebring of Model Coco Rocha
The model Coco Rocha has been called the “Queen of the Pose” and if you were unsure if anyone could truly ever earn that title, then you should take a…
Dark Matter – Artist Morehshin Allahyari Tweaks Iranian Government With 3D Printing
Morehshin Allahyari, born and raised in Iran, moved to the United States in 2007, and that move spurred her to begin a virtual, and often critical, examination of her native…
Bringing Lost Art Back From the Grave via 3D Printing – Sculptor is Recreating Michelangelo’s “Battle of Cascina”
Back in the 15th and 16th centuries lived an Italian artist named Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, who we all refer to as just Michelangelo. It’s not too often that…
The 3D Printed Interactive Art Synthesizer is Music to Your Eyes and Ears
What do you get when you team a brilliant artist who is “obsessed with bringing the digital into the physical world, and the physical into the digital world” with a…
‘Split Personality’ The 3D Printed copperFill & bronzeFill Bust That Will Blow you Away
If you were to look at some of the items being fabricated with FFF/FDM 3D printers today, back in 2011 or 2012, you’d be shocked. Not only have these technologies been…
With Shapeways’ Support, 3DP4E Brings 3D Printing to Young Artists
We’ve seen 3D printing go to the stars and back, more or less literally. With all the expanding uses in high-tech industries like aerospace and semiconductors, we also need to…
Artist Eyal Gever Freezes Dramatic Moments in Large, Highly Detailed 3D Printed Sculptures
“My sculptures are created from software I have developed,” Eyal Gever writes. “Uncontrollable power, unpredictability and cataclysmic extremes are the sources for my work. They inspire, fascinate and remind me…
3D Printed Lightswarm Transforms Yerba Buena Center: Swarm of lights respond to ambient noises
Something is changing at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in San Francisco, California. In fact, it’s perpetually changing — a light installation by Future Cities Lab (FCL)…
3D Prints Smaller Than an Ant’s Forehead are Printed and Then Inevitably Lost
“We live in an era where the impossible has finally come to pass. In our own little way we have become demi-gods of creation.” – Jonty Hurwitz We’ve seen some…
Green Thumb Whimsy: Designer Colleen Jordan Creates 3D Printed Wearable Plant Series
Maker and designer Colleen Jordan has a very organic definition of the word handmade, and she has applied that in an inimitable 3D printed project that combines technology and plant life in…
Waganari Melds Art and Technology with Dark, Ethereal 3D Printed Wire Sculptures
What an artist creates is a bundle of complexity, all sealed in one: a process, an expression of emotion, sometimes compulsive, repulsive — or breathtaking with its beauty. Most often,…
‘Draw in 3d’ App Offers Simplicity, Ease, and Fun for Novices and Artists
Do you like to draw? If so, Steffan Poulsen wants to usher you into his new artistic dimension, offering a lighthearted way to create art. While drawing on paper can be…
3D Printed Oreo Cookie Cameos: Artist Hand-Sculpts Creme, Scans and 3D Prints Replicas
Several factors go into creating great works of art. First you need a good artist, then that artist needs to form an idea. Originality is key for artists looking to…
21st Century Self-Portrait by Joshua Harker: Now you too can have your own face 3D printed
It wasn’t until the mid-15th century that artists really began to include themselves in their own artwork. An artist named Jan van Eyck is famous for creating the earliest known panel self-portrait….
Drawing in 3D Using Fused Deposition Modeling with Artist David Lobser
Artist and digital philosopher David Lobser wanted to find out what would happen if 3D printing were used as a tool for drawing directly in three dimensions, rather than for…
Here’s Looking at You: Grotesque Faces in Off the Wall 3D Printed Art
Although this work of art was not created for Halloween, its timing works perfectly as the public mood is more than primed to accept all that is monstrous. Sculptor Dennis…
NYC Artist, Hovnanian, 3D Prints Baby’s Body Parts, Creates the ‘Perfect Baby Showroom’ Installation
We have seen some pretty incredible works of art, that if not for 3D printing, would never have gotten off the ground. As we have mentioned in the past, this…
3D Printed Stones Draw Comparison Between Life and Computer Generated Form
The work of other creative talents is often a great source of inspiration for the practicing artist. One way in which that inspiration can manifest itself is through the homage…
3D Glitches – 3D Printed Nightmarish Landscapes
Artist Mathieu Schmitt has 3D printed a magical and haunting landscape. His work, is what I imagine Bill Brandt’s imagery would be in 3D – absolute blacks and glimpses of…
Stratasys Announces 11th Annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge
It’s that time of the year again. No, I’m not talking about Halloween. I’m talking about the annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge from Stratasys that is now running for…
3D Printed Mysterabbit Meditates in Hundreds of Public Places
The world is a hectic place. Even though many people have left behind the worries of foraging for food and battling the elements, those arduous tasks have been replaced by…
