{"id":20761,"date":"2015-05-13T16:42:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T16:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=20761"},"modified":"2022-10-14T12:19:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:19:44","slug":"this-3d-printed-steel-sculpture-is-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/this-3d-printed-steel-sculpture-is-amazing","title":{"rendered":"This 3D Printed Steel Sculpture Is Amazing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco based Designer and Artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esotareq.com\/about-me\/\">Tareq Mirza<\/a> has a passion for&nbsp;exploring the possibilities in traditional metalwork and 3D Printing\/Additive Manufacturing for artistic and educational purposes. We recently came across his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esotareq.com\/\">blog<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/esotareq\/\">instagram<\/a>&nbsp;where we discovered his amazing 3D printed metal sculptures. This Shadow Self sculpture really caught our attention, the sculpture was designed in Zbrush. The sculpture itself was 3D printed in steel through a local metal 3D printing provider and the centerpiece was printed in brass with Shapeways.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-11.48.59-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20766 alignnone\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-05-13 at 11.48.59 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-11.48.59-AM-384x500.png\" width=\"384\" height=\"500\" data-wp-pid=\"20766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-11.48.59-AM-384x500.png 384w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-11.48.59-AM-207x270.png 207w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-13-at-11.48.59-AM.png 587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>3D Printed Shadow Self Sculpture by Tareq Mirza<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/brass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20768 alignnone\" alt=\"brass\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/brass-500x500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-wp-pid=\"20768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/brass-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/brass-625x625.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/brass-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/brass-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/brass-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/brass.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<em>Brass center piece printed by Shapeways with garnet stones<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tareq is also the owner of the Shapeways shop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/ektera\">Ektera<\/a>&nbsp;where he sells this cool Vampire Head Bottle Opener.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.shapeways.com\/fragments\/product?spin=3LA99T8JF\" height=\"652\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We enjoy seeing community members that push the boundaries and create jaw dropping designs. We want to see more of your designs, especially on instagram where we discovered Tareq&#8217;s incredible work. Follow Shapeways on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/shapeways\/\">@Shapeways<\/a>&nbsp;and tag us in your photos and your designs might get reposted on our page.<\/p>\n<p>What is the largest design you&#8217;ve 3D printed and in which material? 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