{"id":21975,"date":"2015-08-25T14:53:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T14:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=21975"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:18:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:18:46","slug":"your-favorite-3d-printed-jewelry-inspired-by-microscopic-organisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/your-favorite-3d-printed-jewelry-inspired-by-microscopic-organisms","title":{"rendered":"Your Favorite 3D printed jewelry Inspired by Microscopic Organisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Community member Kimberly Falk is a scientist and self-taught 3D modeler based out of Germany. She is the designer behind the Shapeways shop\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/ontogenie\">Ontogenie<\/a>, her shop consist of\u00a03D-printed jewelry inspired by science and nature. What is distinctly unique about her designs is that she turns her fascination of\u00a0filigree structures of microscopic organisms on land and in the sea into detailed a gorgeous 3D printed pieces of jewelry that you can wear.<\/p>\n<p>Some of her pieces are amazing and her designs really take advantage of the materials that they are printed in. Take her Discalia Pendant for example, which is based on an Anthomedusae jellyfish, Discalia medusina.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.shapeways.com\/fragments\/product?spin=LX5LUB7PF\" height=\"652\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see how well the details of her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/product\/35Z37AL67\/spumellaria-pendant?li=shop-results&amp;optionId=55562807\">Spumellaria pendant<\/a> came out printed in our polished bronze material.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/product\/35Z37AL67\/spumellaria-pendant?li=shop-results&amp;optionId=55562807\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21984\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-24 at 4.54.40 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-24-at-4.54.40-PM-625x469.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" data-wp-pid=\"21984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-24-at-4.54.40-PM-625x469.png 625w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-24-at-4.54.40-PM-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-24-at-4.54.40-PM-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-24-at-4.54.40-PM-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-24-at-4.54.40-PM.png 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her Cristelleria pendant which are\u00a0a marine single-celled organism that lives inside a spiral-shaped, calciferous shell looks absolutely beautiful printed in polished silver.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.shapeways.com\/fragments\/product?spin=F2UGMVATU\" height=\"652\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kimberly 3D models her designs in Blender and also takes custom request. She\u00a0loves working with scientists, having been a research scientist herself for many years at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology. Kimberly is\u00a0not sure which microbes she&#8217;ll tackle next, or whether she might instead switch to something larger, like jellyfish, but there&#8217;s certainly enough weird creatures in nature for inspiration for many years to come.\u00a0You can find Kimberly on Twitter <a href=\"www.twitter.com\/Ontogenie \">@Ontogenie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What is your favorite weird creature or microbe you&#8217;d like to see 3D printed? Let us know in a comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community member Kimberly Falk is a scientist and self-taught 3D modeler based out of Germany. 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