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Friday, February 3. 2012Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways CommunityHappy Friday! Your fresh dose of community generated, digitally fabricated awesome has arrived...
TurtlesAreCool is doing some wonderful things with Stainless Steel. Below is a clip for holding pages in a book of sheet music.
Sometimes you just want a taste of the old days. If you're iPhone is feeling too modern and shiny for you,you can kick it retro-style with ZeeMar's decorative CB Radio Antenna in Black Strong Flexible.
a.wieneke's awesome ring is made up of 7s, one of the most important numbers in fairytales. It was printed in Silver, and he turned it black via post-processing.
Friday, January 27. 2012Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways CommunityHello and welcome to Friday! Feel free to crack a beer, and check out some of the amazing designs the Shapeways community has been working on this week. Kspaho's thoughtful pendant in Stainless Steel.
Electrobloom's Snap Chain Bracelet can have links added or removed to fit your wrist. Shown in Black Strong & Flexible.
growthobject's africa #ceramic grape holder is not only lovely, but a good cause. Following a common Spanish new year's tradition of eating 12 grapes at midnight, the shape of the design happens tp resemble the African continent. They currently have $12 towards each purchase earmarked for an African NGO.
Friday, January 20. 2012Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways CommunityI must say, today's blog content, in aggregate, has already packed some serious inspirational punch. But it's still not complete without Friday Finds, right? ... Kevinwei dropped by last night's Shapeways NYC meetup and showed off Beraldo, his new silver bangle. The next day, there it was on the forum. Love this design…
unellenu making an oversized impact with her oversized fractal heart ornament
Michael Mueller is afraid of many things, including losing his keys. But with his new belt clip he doesn't have to be, and neither do you.
Friday, January 13. 2012Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways CommunityHey friend! How's 2012 treating you? How are those resolutions hanging in? If the work of the Shapeways' community is any indication, I'd say the new year is coming along swimmingly.
Just a quick reminder that if you want to join the ranks of the 3D creatives, Shapeways NYC has an intro Design for 3D Printing class this Monday 1/16, and there's 1 spot left! Hope you enjoy the inspiration, happy friday! printedCat's Bird of Beauty is, well, really beautiful.
bobvanvliet's Minimal Piggy bank
Ein-Ajan Bliej's Family of Ghosts
Tuesday, December 27. 2011A Touching Story of A 3D Printed Christmas Gift for a 4 Year Old DaughterPossibly one of the most touching stories of using 3D printing to create a unique, personal gift and we are not just talking a photo printed on a cup... Shapeways community member Phelicia Ramlogan created a gift straight from a child's imagination and 3D printed it in full color. Kira wanted a submarine duck, mocked it up in ZBrush and Photoshop (yes she is 4 years old), her father cleaned up the 3D model a little then had it 3D printed by Shapeways. You must read the story below from the parents perspective.....
CUTE!!!! When a 4 year old understands that they can 3D model to design and 3D print exactly what they want, nothing is going to hold them back.... Friday, December 23. 2011Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways CommunityThe Xmas day festivities and food coma are less than 48 hours away. You might still be in the office, contemplating how much longer before you can break out the egg nog, and whether your boss will really mind… The Shapeways community has still been busy making awesome stuff these last few weeks though. So before you settle in, take a moment to marvel and get inspired for 2012. Happy Friday, and happy holidays!!
TurtlesAreCool's homespun present for his brother Eric (nicknamed Eric the Red…) printed in WSF and hand painted:
thvoelker made a tribute espresso cup with the Sicilian symbol on the side, sitting atop a saucer shaped like the region in Italy. Pictured here in ceramics. Happenstance Heroes recently placed their first order from Shapeways, including this Pressed Flower Pedant in Polished WSF. Hopefully they keep it up!
Geometricity's Dodecaball, in WSF, is looking good.
Under The Right Lighting, Albert Einstein Looks Like Marilyn MonroeWe all know nightclub lighting can play tricks on the eye, harsh fluorescent lighting may reveal a different face, but did you ever think you could mistake Albert Einstein for Marilyn Monroe?
Drzach & Suchy, (previously mentioned on the Shapeways blog) have been working on a series of 3D printed shadow casting panels that allows multiple images to be encoded within a single physical object, a white panel, which displays the separate images under specific lighting conditions.
With Conversation, the technique is used to make an image of Albert Einstein transform into an image of Marilyn Monroe. See the video below for a vaguely unsatisfying demonstration. Continue reading "Under The Right Lighting, Albert Einstein Looks Like Marilyn Monroe " Thursday, December 22. 2011Stunningly Beautiful Kite Constructed with 1700 3D Printed Parts and Aerospace Materials: Must Watch Video
Three Cubes Colliding is a beautiful project by Ivan morison and Heather Peak, in collaboration with Sash Reading and Queen and Crawford using 1700 3D-printed connectors linking carbon fiber rods that support cubenfiber aerospace fabric sheets.
Three Cubes Colliding from Jimandtonic on Vimeo.
Found via 3Ders.org
Monday, December 19. 2011Unpacking Amazing 3D Prints from ShapewaysGrowthobjects have shared the unpacking of their africa #ceramic and lillyseed #02 3D prints from Shapeways. Beautiful.
Friday, December 16. 2011Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways CommunityIncredible work from the Shapeways community just keeps rolling in. Check out some of this week's highlights below, or browse "It Arrived" on our forums for more. Happy Friday! unellenue's Spinnoloids Pendant -- an incredible design that really shows what Polished Silver is capable of!
Darren Abbey's fossil project continues, with the next evolution below in Polished WSF:
rminkes' clever ballpoint pen design -- everything is 3D printed except for the pen filling. Shown in Black and Red Strong & Flexible:
Friday, December 9. 2011Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways CommunityAs you may know, today is the last day for our North American customers to order Shapeways plastics and receive them in time for Dec. 24th (sadly, the date has passed for the rest of the globe). But if you're anything like me, and you're still running behind, we've got your back! Below is a handpicked collection of ornaments, all in our Strong Flexible materials. If you hurry up and order today, you'll still be able to give your loved one a custom-made, 3D printed present. Special thanks to Jeff Bare, who suggested an ornament feature, and helped me curate!
gibell's Koch Fractal Ornament
Michiel Cornelissen's Merry Bird
Magic's IcosididecaLink
cunicode's 3D Printed Christmas Ball
3D Printed Math on the Radio
Shapeways community member and mathematician Henry Segerman was recently interviewed on BBC Radio show Outriders about mathematical shapes and their transference to the physical world as sculpture via 3D printing. Listen to the interview, check out Henry's site and ponder visualizations of a multi dimension universe. You may remember Henry's Hilbert Curve 3D print (pictured below), and Knotted Kog. Henry is a research fellow at the University of Melbourne doing research in 3-dimensional geometry and topology, particularly involving ideal triangulations.
Wednesday, December 7. 20113D Printed Bronze Nautilus Sugar SkullIt is the day of 3D printed skulls at Shapeways
Tuesday, December 6. 2011Minetoys: 3D Print Your Own Minecraft Character for Your DesktopWhat better gift for the Minecraft addict than a full color 3D Print of their avatar.
Minetoys is an online service that uses Shapeways 3D printing to create a full color 3D model of a Minecraft avatar.
How does it work? Your Minecraft skin is rendered in HD file (yeah, HD pixels !) and applied to a 3D model, verified by a human being, and then sent to Shapeways for 3D Printing. You can also choose from over 600 Minecraft avatars from the Minetoys Shapeways Shop including Le Boblennon officiel !, xXNuageZombieXx, Manamaxxx and many, many more.
Continue reading "Minetoys: 3D Print Your Own Minecraft Character for Your Desktop" Friday, December 2. 2011Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways Community
Cyber Monday may have passed, but for many of us, that's only the beginning. We're back this Friday with a few more sweet gift ideas for you via the incredible Shapeways community. Please do check out the holiday planning guide and keep in mind that we're in the final bit of the window for holiday orders!
Oliver's Menger Gyroid, in White Strong & Flexible, clearly a great pick for all the geniuses in your life.
The Raven Mask from Sheila Munro, shown here in Bronze
unellenu's Snowflake, in White Strong & Flexible.
Happy Friday! Team Shapeways
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