3D Printing for Art

3D printing is one of the few technologies that can reproduce both the complex forms and the hidden parts of a work of art.  How does 3D printing facilitate the understanding of art works?

72 large-scale, lightweight dragons restored using 3D printing

The Great Pagoda at Kew (UK) has proceeded to the restoration of the 250-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site through the installation of 72 large-scale 3D printed...

The Manacor Museum 3D printed replicas so that visitors can touch its exhibits

In order to protect and preserve their exhibits, most of the museums, forbidden people to touch them. Museums increasingly want to change the way...

« Blue and White », Olivier Van Herpt’s new collection of 3D Printed Porcelain

3D printing used in the art industry does not only aim at simplifying the work of the artist, but also to bring some creativity...

A 3D printed Triceratops showcased at Paris’ Musée national d’Histoire naturelle

This ultra-realistic triceratops will make you think of natural sciences, more precisely of paleontology. In order to drive visitors to the museum's exhibition and...

3D Printing enables to achieve a reproduction of Michelangelo’s David head

In order to exhibit the "Grande testone" (The Big Head), a large reproduction of Michelangelo's David head, the artist Andrea Salvatori called for the...

How 3D Printing will make music…

Music of the composer Harry Stafylakis is described as “an amalgamation of the classical music tradition and the soul and grime of heavy metal”....

“Modern Ornamental” brings together 3D technology and craft

Artists have proven us a thousand ways that modern art might be a combination of technology and craft. Neri Oxman for instance did it...

Use 3D technology to fabricate a gift for the International Mother’s Day

Mother's Day has already been celebrated by some countries such as Belgium and Switzerland. In other countries such as France, people are still looking...

Metropolitan Museum of Art 3D scanned three suits of Armor for Artist’ Public Art Show

In a public art show, Steinunn Thorarinsdottir, the Met's staff, and the New York Parks Department highlight human body copies of Armor’s suits from...

TOP 3D PRINTING STORIES OF THE WEEK!

Finally, it is Friday. The day we all look forward to every week. Before closing off the computers and smartphones, before unplugging ourselves from...