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The Designer Spotlight for this week focuses on Wesley Gunter<\/a> who takes inspiration from all around him and turns it into wearable 3D printed designs.<\/div>\n
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Tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? Where are you located?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I am Wesley Gunter (Krijntjes) a young Dutch designer living and working in Bergen op Zoom. I work at a Hi Tech Sheet Metal Processing plant welding, programming Mig and Tig Welding Robots and now and then I design a welding mold for the robots. I also have a little business of my own Gunter Art & Design.<\/div>\n
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What’s the story behind your designs? What inspires you?<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Me and my girlfriend see a lot of beautiful things in this awesome world and I do my best to transform those things into wearable 3D Printed designs. I also like food and light so now and then I design something in that area. Music, fashion and above all FUN are the keywords. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What brought you to 3D printing with Shapeways?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I wanted to make a keychain casting mold for the company I work for, I was looking for a milling company, but then I stumbled on Shapeways and thought why make a mold when you can print the design?<\/div>\n
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How did you learn how to design in 3D?<\/em><\/p>\n

I had some experience with 2D in high school and when I had some free time at the company I worked for, I would play a little with the 3D software they have. Then I downloaded Blender on my own laptop and the shaping began. I knew how I would make something in real life so I approached my designing on the computer in the same way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How do you promote your work?<\/em><\/div>\n
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The most promoting I do is with my Facebook<\/a> page, and I also have a Twitter account @Gunterartdesign<\/a>. I give almost every prototype I print away to family and friends so they can spread the word for me!<\/p>\n

Who are your favorite designers or artists? Who in the Shapeways community has served as an inspiration to you?<\/em><\/p>\n

Morten Linde designs very cool watches that I like a lot, and Nervous System<\/a> and Museum of Small Things<\/a> have the most amazing designs I have ever seen. They drive me to design cool things that I myself would like to have.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you weren’t limited by current technologies, what would you want to make using 3D printing?<\/em><\/div>\n
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If I had the time, knowledge and money I would love to 3D print an interstellar space craft that could fit me and my girlfriend and a bit of food drinks and go on a little vacation around the galaxy.  I would like to encourage everybody to design the things they like the most and in a couple of years we all can buy custom products right here at Shapeways!<\/p>\n

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Check out his varied designs on his Shapeways Shop<\/a> Gunter Art and Design.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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