{"id":2209,"date":"2013-08-21T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2209-community-journal-5.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:29:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:29:41","slug":"community-journal-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/community-journal-5","title":{"rendered":"Community Journal #5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the 5th Community Journal, and check out what’s been happening in the Shapeways community the past few weeks…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Custom Gifts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lately, we’ve had a few exciting gift stories on the forum, so we collected two of our favorites to share with you. First up, we have turnip_stew<\/a>, who was in China for his mother’s birthday. Knowing that he couldn’t be there to give her a gift himself, he designed this Geometric Elephant<\/a>, inspired by her memories of Africa, and ordered it through Shapeways. Not only did it turn out to be an awesome gift, but he was still able to give her something personal and custom from far away. <\/p>\n

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Next we have TurtlesAreCool<\/a> who combined his love of fantastical things, and his sister’s love of horses to make Jenlai, the Herald of Spring Centauress<\/a> for his sister’s high school graduation. He ordered the Centauress in WSF and then painted the model before giving it to his sister. Check it all out here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Spotlight<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of Shapeways’s puzzlemasters, Oskar Van Deventer<\/a>, was interviewed for an awesome article on Gigaom. Read all about it here<\/a>! <\/p>\n

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Kickstarting D14 and D18 Dice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Magic’s<\/a> D14<\/a> and D18<\/a>, from the Truncated Sphere Series, have made their way to Kickstarter to be mass produced. Learn more here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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