3D Printing Jewelry: Our Top 10 Jewelry 3D Prints
3D printing is becoming an essential tool for many jewelry designers. It is well-adapted for jewelry production, as it is a technology that allows great freedom of design and the large-scale production of individualized models. That’s why we keep receiving more orders for 3D printed jewelry in bronze, brass, Sterling Silver, or even 14k/18k gold and steel! Reason enough for us to take a look at some of the best designs we’ve printed lately.
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Modernizing Traditional Painting with 3D Printing: Guido Salimbeni’s 3D Artwork
Guido Salimbeni is an Italian artist based in Florence. But he is not just any painter. Guido’s skills with the brush are just as good as his skills with modern 3D modeling software, which is why Guido combines traditional oil painting with 3D printing. In this way, the Italian artist has managed to find a truly unique style of art.
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The Mars Ring: Physicist Turns NASA’s Data from Outer Space into a Metal 3D Print
Theoretical physicist Dr. Casey Handmer has been fascinated with 3D printing, technology and space ever since he can remember. One of his endeavors has been to transform NASA’s publicly available data about the planet Mars into an elegant ring – and we met with him to talk about his project and why he turned to 3D printing to realize it. (more…)
The Need for Speed: Navigating the Urban Landscape With a 3D Printed Electric Longboard
Sune Pedersen has invented a whole new way of getting around. With the ambition of changing the future of urban transportation, this software engineer from Copenhagen has used the power of 3D printing to create an innovative range of urban transportation vehicles for mobility-impacted people.
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The Ju 388 Project: Restoring the Cockpit of a Rare Warbird from Scratch
Dr. Christoph Vernaleken, a physicist from Germany with a doctorate in engineering, has been an aviation enthusiast all his life. Ever since the early 1980s, he’s been fascinated with historic aircrafts after his father took him to visit the ‘Deutsches Museum’ in Munich, the world’s largest museum of science and technology. Now he wants to reproduce the cockpit of a rare WWII warbird himself – with the power of 3D printing. (more…)
10 Best Multicolor 3D Prints from Our Community
More and more designers are embracing the possibilities that come with 3D printing. One of the most exciting ways to create new 3D prints is by using our multicolor material – the only material that can print several colors at the same time. That’s why we put together a list of our 10 most outstanding 3D printed pieces in this astonishing material.
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10 Surprising 3D Prints That Were Designed With SketchUp
SketchUp is a popular 3D modeling software for all things geometrical. Most designers use this program to create 3D models of architecture, furniture, and vehicles. But did you know that this software is also used for designing 3D prints of jewelry, fashion accessories, design objects, and pieces of art? Let’s take a look at some unusual SketchUp 3D prints! (more…)
These 5 3D Printed Metal Quill Pens Would Make Harry Potter Jealous
Kaecee Fitzgerald, an Australian graphic and product designer, has created 5 stunning 3D printed quill pens like no other. Her designs were 3D printed in brass and bronze and look like they could easily compete with any Harry Potter wand.
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These 8 Mysteriously Hollow Lamps Were Completely 3D Printed in Ceramics
We’re no strangers to ceramic 3D prints, but these eight 3D prints left us stunned once again. New York-based designer Christo Logan just launched his ‘two.parts’ series of pendant lights built with our 3D printed ceramics and managed to incorporate some really intriguing elements into his designs.
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Running a Professional Design Studio: Meet 3D Designer Vijay Paul
Running the professional design studio Dot San, every day Vijay Paul brings the fantastic ideas of his clients to life, no matter how creative. With a proven track record of delivering problem free complex 3D files for printing, this is the product designer you’ve been looking for. Over the past 10 years Vijay has built an international reputation with Dot San for delivering great client service and satisfaction – reason enough for us to talk with him about his inspiration, the ambition of professional 3D modelers, and the added value of 3D printed products.
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