Google 3D Warehouse + silver at i.materialise + 3D printing = one incredible retro ring
Armed with a simple 3D model of a ring and with access to a wealth of objects through Google SketchUp’s 3D warehouse, Materialise’s own Bert De Niel started playing around on the computer one day. The result was a entire range of ring designs with everything from a little buddha, to an aligator, to the great retro cassette you see below, and all ready to be 3D printed if desired. Some of the rings I would be happy to wear as they were and others I would want to change a bit first.
Although not all the designs were exactly to my liking, that is the beauty of 3D printing…the person wearing the ring can have exactly what they want, perfectly adapted to their own personal style. Moreover, thanks to the extensive range of objects already available through the 3D warehouse, not that much effort is needed to come up with something great. You just have to choose the design you like, adapt as needed, and voila, you have the ring (or bracelet, or pendant, etc) that you want!
Knowing Bert as the music lover that he is, it did not surprise me at all when he choose the retro cassette ring as the one that he would bring to life in silver through i.materialise.
*And for those of you who are shaking their heads and sighing with despair because they do not know how to create 3D models and think that they will never get the sushi ring of their dreams, there is hope for you too!
