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?

#3dprinting: the highlights of 2017

2017 has been a year full of innovations and surprises in the 3D printing market. The year has been marked by big investments for...

Neri Oxman designed VESPERS, a series of 3D printed death masks

Neri Oxman has collaborated with Stratasys to design and 3D printed a series of death masks bshowcased at the National Gallery of Victoria in...

The rapid liquid printing technology of MIT would 3D print bags and lampshades in a few minutes

As part of Miami’s annual art week, MIT researchers demonstrated their rapid liquid 3D printing technique by producing bags and lamp shades within a...

The 3D printed pleating costume – another step for 3D SLS

During the premiere of “Farewell My Concubine” in December, in London – a play of the Beijing Opera, actors of the Royal College of...

Pastry Art: When Dinara Kasko invites 3D printing in the creation process

Architect and designer by training, Ukrainian Dinara Kasko is passionate about pastry. After 8 years in architecture, her hobby for cooking, finding and creating...

#Formnext 2017: General overview of the 3D printing market

“A vibrant platform of innovation and networking formed a solid basis for outstanding business opportunities” This year, the exhibition demonstrates that the 3D printing market...

How Cedric Van Parys uses 3D printing to “recreate” Shanghaï’s architecture

Belgian architect and artist Cédric Van Parys recreates Shanghaï architecture through 25 3D printed models. Such as a great number of artists who are...

Plumen lights your home with ‘Ruche’, 3D printed lampshades

Plumen, a UK-based startup collaborated with Hook Phanthasuporn, designer and engineer to produce a series of 3D printed hanging lampshades. Shapes found in the...

3D Printing on stage at “Opera” theatre in Rome

In August, we were announcing the collaboration of WASP, Italian 3D printing specialist with the famous Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, for one of its...

Artist Jack Elliott 3D prints a tree as a paper sculpture

Artist Jack Elliott 3D scanned a Tasmanian tree, thereafter recreated it using a 3D printer that makes solid objects from paper.   How the project came to...