They're based (as the title would suggest) on M. C. Escher's Angels and Devils tessellation. Recreating the tessellation was the easy part. Warping it into a sphere was an ordeal.



Technically these arrived a while ago but it took some time to get them ready.

First of all, I didn't want to make the loops too thin since I was printing them in Full Color Sandstone so they couldn't fasten the earring hooks to them before shipping. I even got an email asking if I really wanted them included. I, of course, said "yes" so that I could sort out a solution to the problem and they were mailed to me separately.

After they arrived I noticed a tiny, tiny chip was missing from one of the devils, so I decided the whole thing needed some protection and gave them a spray one clear coat so now they're shiny and chip resistant.

Finally I managed to get some bails to connect the hooks to the earrings that I thought fit them. Even then I couldn't get the darn things to bend completely closed and stay that way, so I closed the gaps with just a li~itle bit of super glue.

I'm quite happy with how they've turned out.

[Updated on: Sun, 26 August 2012 23:06 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Dumbbell Skewb are two Skewbs (Holey Skewbs, actually), connected by gears. The mechanism is similar to Dumbbell Cube, and it is also a challenge for intellectual weightlifters.

Watch the Youtube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Fri, 17 August 2012 22:25 UTC]

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Hiya!

Just got my Mecha Ring printed in stainless steel and it came out great!
Get yours here Link





This little fella just had to get his picture taken

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[Updated on: Fri, 17 August 2012 11:16 UTC]

Four of my Mini Ceramics DodBoxes arrived!





The shape is half a dodecahedron (the Platonic twelve sided solid) with small legs so that you can make a complete dodecahedron with two parts, and you can stack several dodecahedra! Watch out: the stack is not very stable though!

Check more pictures in the product page.

This model is quite small and so relatively inexpensive: a good way to try Ceramics I guess...

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I wanted to make something that I could attach my guitar picks to without having to damage my guitar in anyway.

I designed a clip that slides onto one's guitar strap. On the outside the clip includes a slot that allows three picks to be inserted and easily available when needed.

I recently updated the design so that the pick clip faces the same direction as the clip. I also included three, seperate "clip" areas to allow for different thickness of picks and more hold.

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After a few issues with printing my Celtic inspired Heart ring arrived today!

It is a Cuff style ring which was an attempt at making it able to be bent slightly for different sized fingers. I have another version made that is an enclosed ring with six hearts i will be test printing soon to see it it eliminates some warping that occurs in polishing.





Special Thanks to Michon from Shapeways Customer service for helping me with the printing problems!

Let me know what you think

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Hi Shapeways fans,

Variomatic Cube is a twisty puzzle with gears. All three pairs of opposing faces are connected by gears. And they are not just some gears, they are gears with a varying gear ratio. Some sometimes, opposing gears will turn with a 1:1 gearing ratio, some with a 1:2 ratio, and sometimes with a 2:1 ratio. The operation of the variable-ratio gears is explained and illustrated here and here. Watch a demo of the inner gearing mechanism here.

The name of this puzzle is a tribute to the variomatic transmission system by the Dutch car manufacturer DAF. Note that the variable-gear-ratio mechanism is very different from the DAF variometic system.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Fri, 10 August 2012 18:48 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Variomatic Cube Demo is the third of three experiments with non-circular gears. This puzzling mechanism is a demo model to show how the Variomatic Cube works. The mechanism has four identical gears meshing with each other. The gearing ratio of the gear train varies from 1:1 to 1:2 and 2:1.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the object at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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I wanted to create a fun charm to be used with my Phiten necklace and decided a bow tie fit. This was my first attempt and I am very happy with the outcome.

The clips work perfect and I am happy with the way in which the charm orients with the Phiten clips.

The texture of the material (black strong and flexible) almost gives it a velvet feel like a real bow tie.

Hope to make different sizes and attachments soon.

DTI Studio - Dennis

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Hi Shapies,

After playing around with the (Cage Edit Tool in Rhino), I was able to morph the straignt lines to create some ripples. What started as a simple opening, resulted in the 3D optical illusion. This feature is the only modified aspect of this phone case, while the rest of the architecture remains the same as the one of my earlier cases. Such designs offers a perfect fit for your phone, which I have tested for several months.




check out the viedeo!

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[Updated on: Thu, 09 August 2012 15:58 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Double Variomatic is the second of three experiments with non-circular gears. It has two pairs identical gears with a varying gear ratio. When turning, at first the top square turns 90 degrees together with the bottom square. But then they start to diverge, with one square turning 90 degrees and the other 180 degrees. This local 1:2 gearing ratio is achieved by cascading two 1:sqrt(2) gear sections. Actually, that is not entirely true.The gearing ratio is continuously varying, and the 1:sqrt(2) ratio is only an average. Similarly, overall gearing ratio is 1:1 at average. After one full turn, both squares are back to start.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sat, 04 August 2012 12:08 UTC]

Hi Non-Twisty Puzzles fans,

Variomatic Gears is the first of three experiments with non-circular gears. It is a set of gears with a varying gear ratio. At first, both gears make a quarter turn, which corresponds to a 1:1 gearing ratio. Then, one gear turns by 90 degrees, while the other turns by 180 degrees, corresponding to 1:2. Next the roles reverse to 180:90, which is 2:1. So this set of gears could be described as having a 1-1-2:1-2-1 gearing ratio. The total adds up to 360:360, so the two gears have a 1:1 gearing ratio at average.

This gearing mechanism was inspired by the Heart-Shaped Gears jewels by Guofeng Guan.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sat, 04 August 2012 12:01 UTC]

Two rings designed for a client arrived yesterday. It is loosely designed around this (from Wikipedia):
Vajra (Devanagari: वज्र, Chinese: 金剛 jīngāng; Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ། dorje,[1][2][3] Japanese:kongo 金剛) is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond.[2] As a material device, the vajra is a ritual object, a short metal weapon—originally a kind of fist-iron like Japanese yawara—that has the symbolic nature of a diamond (it can cut any substance but not be cut itself) and that of the thunderbolt (irresistible force).

Glenn

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Another custom requested pendant arrived recently... This one was printed in glossy sterling silver but the client wanted an aged patina added to it. This was achieved with liver of sulfur.
Measures 1.1 inch in width. Personal message recessed on reverse side.

Glenn

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[Updated on: Mon, 23 July 2012 17:27 UTC]

ugoh did a pretty great job on these rings. Very low profile, great for everyday wear.

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Hi Shapeways fans,

Looney Gears is a strange eccentric planetary gearing system. Whereas normal planetary gear systems are symmetrical, this one has no symmetry whatsoever.

This particular set of gears was the result of a challenge by Oskar to Andreas R�ver in 2006. Andreas found this nice set of all-primary-numbers gears which is about 0.01% exact.

At this moment, it is not known whether there exist exact solutions for this type of eccentric planetary gear systems. Oskar's conjecture is that no exact solution exists. It would make a nice math graduation project to prove the conjecture or find a counter example.

Watch the YouTube video.
Watch the animation.
Buy the object at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

P.S. My Californian friend George Miller asked me to make a video in pouring rain. Such situation is much more rare in my country than you would expect. Finally, the right conditions were there: pouring rain and a water-proof puzzling object ready for demonstration.

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[Updated on: Sun, 22 July 2012 08:50 UTC]

This is my first attempt with ceramics. I played a bit fast and loose with the design rules, and that didn't work out so well is some regards (see below), but otherwise it's great!

I took inspiration from the alien ampules as seen in Ridley Scot's Prometheus, and as such I chose matte black ceramic to try and evoke the look of the film.

I imagined what it might look like with the lid opened, revealing what lay within. Unlike the movie artefacts, my ampule has a void inside, making it a small vase.

And it is small, measuring just 10cm tall and 4cm at its widest. Some of the walls are <4mm thick. I half expected customer service to call saying it was unprintable!

What didn't turn out? Well I guess I should have known, but the alien inscription down one side is hardly legible. I'll remove that before putting it up for sale.

Here are some pics:

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This is my first work in ceramics: "AEROcup". It 'a coffee cup designed thinking of the aviation world. The three feet and the handle are designed as an "airfoil".
I also thought of a plate for two "AEROcups" designed and inspired to a wing section.
Finally I have realized a short video presentation. I hope you enjoy it.







video

AEROcup

Plate for two AERO-cups

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Finally I got it!

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[Updated on: Sun, 15 July 2012 15:20 UTC]

has a view of my cat eating tuna in the entree bowl. Here in summer time Tennessee lighting. Indoors.

http://www.shapeways.com/model/619265/triangular_entree_bowl .html?key=9a1f31ac708c5f9ce2fd8da7671e8d58

and the before it arrived page ' one without my signature'
which has a 3d video preview other than shapeways default java 3d view.

http://www.shapeways.com/model/618719/triangular-entree-bowl .html

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[Updated on: Sat, 14 July 2012 18:50 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Polo Gear Cube was suggested by Alex Polonsky. This puzzles combines a corner+center-turning gear cube with a twisty 2x2x2.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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I have designed a soap dish with the shape and the symbol of sicily. I also created a form for selfmade soaps with the symbol of sicily. You see the dishes in 3 colors with olive soaps.

blue soap dish

black soap dish

green soap dish

green soap dish with selfmade olive soap in bathroom

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[Updated on: Fri, 13 July 2012 07:48 UTC]

Proportional Oh was suggested by Alex Polonsky. It is a proportional Rubik's-Cube size version of Oh Cube.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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Inspired by the wave form representation of three phase electricity realised as a woven form of a wye or star connection in a three phase coil set.

Three Phase Bracelet, Ring and Pendant



Models:
Three Phase Ring
Three Phase Bracelet
Video

I've still to figure out a suitable way to hang the pendant on a necklace yet.

Paul

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My Companion Cube Puzzle Box is now for sale! I had to tweak it a lot to make it work properly, to be able to sell it. As a surprise, I added a CAKE inside. But it is a lie, the cake is actually another box that opens up to reveal a mini cube on the inside.

Get one here: http://www.shapeways.com/model/558070/

Here is a picture:


And also a video so you can see how it works:
http://youtu.be/WFUeuCSbit8

Yeah, it's expensive because they charge by volume, I did everything possible to hollow out pieces, trim thick walls, make it as light as possible, but it is a lot of material so the price couldn't be reduced more than that.

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Espresso & Sake Finger Cup
http://shpws.me/8fH4

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[Updated on: Tue, 03 July 2012 21:54 UTC]

Toroidal Half 120-Cell is a variant on another 3D print showing a 4-dimensional polytope, Half of a 120-Cell. In both cases, printing the whole object would be very expensive, and I think it would just barely fit inside one of Shapeways' machines. So, we cut it in half. For this one, I cut it along a torus rather than a sphere.

Here's the YouTube Video.

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Hi Shapeways fans,

Proportional Mixup was suggested by Alex Polonsky. The puzzle is a shape-mod of the Mixup Cube. By having rhombicuboctahedron-shaped cubies, the cubies can be proportional like in a regular Rubik's Cube. However, this puzzle also has 45 degrees slice moves, resulting in some weird shapeshifting.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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The Stranzer is the ultimate in anti-'Con technology. An entire armory in one weapon, the Stranzer is suited for combat at any distance. You can fight up close, hacking and slashing through 'Cons. You can blast them at mid-range with the Stranzer's built-in blaster, and enemies far away get a nasty surprise when a knife flies right into their optic sensors.

Stranzer Weapon Kit on Shapeways



This weapon kit consists of:
-- 1x Stranzer Blaster
-- 2x Stranzer Scimitars (Left/Right)
-- 1x Stranzer Combat Knife









The Stranzer Weapons are all designed to be used with one another, and can be combined with each other. When all the Stranzer weapons are combined, the result is the Stranzer Bow:





The Stranzer Weapons are all able to store on Cliffjumper. While the Combat Knife is designed to be stowed on his left leg in robot mode, the entire Stranzer Bow can be attached to his back as well:



The Stranzer weapon kit is designed to work with the Transformer Prime (RID) Cliffjumper action figure. The weapon can also be used by any other figure with access to 5mm hand-holes.

Stranzer Weapon Kit on Shapeways

Of course, being made for Cliffjumper, it does also fit on his vehicle mode:

[Updated on: Tue, 26 June 2012 09:25 UTC]

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[Updated on: Sat, 23 June 2012 15:06 UTC]