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This week we highlight a veteran of Shapeways, Vincent Greco<\/a>. He’s been with us since 2008 and has a shop full of possibilities, materials, and imagination that we hope will inspire old and new members alike.<\/p>\n

Tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? Where are you located?<\/em>
\nMy name is Vincent Greco, known here as Magic. I am located at Vincennes a city touching Paris in France. I have a background of software engineering and I am currently working in the video game industry. I am one of the oldest Shapeways community members (since August 2008). 3D-printing is more than a passion for me: it\u2019s an addiction!<\/p>\n

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What brought you to 3D printing with Shapeways?<\/em>
\nI always loved mathematics and geometry: when I was a child, I made all the platonic solids in cardboard, and later some other geometric solids in wood. I remember that when I wanted to explain a concept (for instance how do you cut a cube into two to obtain an hexagonal section), while my professors did a drawing, I was making a solid paper model. But honestly, I was not so talented in manual labor. That’s why when I became an engineer, I was looking for an easy way to materialize my ideas. 3D-printing was the solution. Thanks to Shapeways this solution became affordable.<\/p>\n

How did you learn how to design in 3D?<\/em>
\nI am self-taught: at my work, I am in contact with artists specializing in 3D-modeling, and when I discovered the 3D-printing technology, I decided I had to learn how to use a 3D-modeling software. After all, I was a software engineer, and it was just another piece of software. I consider that behind each engineer there is an artist.<\/p>\n

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What’s the story behind your designs? What inspires you?<\/em>
\nThe common points of all my designs is their simplicity: very often they are made of intersections of plans, spheres and cylinders (remember: I am self-taught). The geometry, in particular the platonic solids, naturally lead me to dice designs. I did a lot of them (probably too many), but I love that. My specialty is making dice with an unusual (may I say \u201codd\u201d?) number of faces: a Kickstarter<\/a> is currently running to mass-produce the most successful of them. Besides the geometric shapes, the materials also inspire me. In particular those two materials introduced by Shapeways: the Glazed Ceramics, for which I designed a lot of espresso cups, and solid metals like Brass, Bronze or Silver for which I designed some jewelry. I think that the reason why I like those materials more than others is that once your models printed you cannot tell if they were 3D-printed of made with a more traditional process (well, except from the strange shapes I guess).<\/p>\n

How do you promote your work?<\/em>
\nMainly I post a lot on Shapeways forums, and I have a Youtube channel. Occasionally I also use my Twitter account.<\/p>\n

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Who are your favorite designers or artists? Who in the Shapeways community has served as an inspiration to you?<\/em>
\nLeonardo Da Vinci is for sure a source of inspiration for me (sometimes I wonder whether I was born too late). In the Shapeways community, I love the way Bathsheba mixes art and mathematics. From Virtox I admire Gyro the cube of course but also all his ceramics creations. The work of Henry Segerman in the field of 3D-printing applied to math concepts is outstanding too. And finally I\u2019d like to mention Stop4Stuff with whom I share a lot of interests (dice, chainmail, and jewelry with moving marbles\u2026).<\/p>\n

If you weren’t limited by current technologies, what would you want to make using 3D printing?<\/em>
\nI am not very good at cooking, so I would say: food! Yes, I know sugar and chocolate are already available\u2026<\/p>\n

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Anything else you want to share?<\/em><\/p>\n

I want to thank the Shapeways community, who is always very helpful, for instance in the \u201cWork In Progress\u201d forum<\/a>, and thus all the community members posting. And of course I\u2019d like to stress the good job done by the moderators (Mike and Stony among others).<\/p>\n

Thank you for the lovely interview and compliments, Vincent! Browse his whole shop here<\/a>. Socialize on Twitter<\/a> or YouTube<\/a> – and definitely check out the Kickstarter<\/a> and show your support and spread the love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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