{"id":26896,"date":"2016-09-06T16:35:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T20:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=26896"},"modified":"2017-05-01T13:23:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T17:23:37","slug":"designer-spotlight-ellen-mueller-tinytuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/designer-spotlight-ellen-mueller-tinytuesday","title":{"rendered":"Designer Spotlight: Ellen Mueller #TinyTuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">For this Tiny Tuesday, we\u2019re highlighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/ellenmueller\">Ellen Mueller<\/a> because we\u2019ve fallen in love with her tiny depictions of office life.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ellen is an internationally exhibited interdisciplinary artist who explores the everyday challenge of living with hyperactive news media and corporate management systems. She creates experiences that engage with social and political issues through imagery, performance, and installation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/P8cSmo-A2AfDbmQ4DVT1jxP14pmrvKs9U-lUViMEFzBfDg3LAnzIdS3traTRWE7FTj04FPlfPYVK4fI169ECKTUedyJ74WXmoPUfWodreennE-QqRxC3O6EifKrVj7mlCiS5uDSb\" width=\"171\" height=\"171\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/IW4X0PiRrEfoYFFRODXsQ9wwtHJaBieLIbd5slX_1C-XpXt9zfPixdUWAMBPHWozRYyQ6p0dJdFR4HE5CqqJupdBdd1-kW2Nk90ns9xcAj5zBmu5jNWUUwqnbchIK8Tuear_4W7K\" width=\"293\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While Ellen\u2019s Shapeways shop reminds us a bit of Office Space (particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/product\/XG65C5A34\/stapler?optionId=40527584\">this little stapler in red<\/a>), a number of her designs are part of a cheeky, in-progress 3D print-on-demand sculptural street art project, she\u2019s called Synergism. Each cluster of office-related objects is designed to fit into corner-shaped spaces&#8211; and Ellen is encouraging participants to print these subtle sculptures, and install them on office buildings they feel could spontaneously start leaking bureaucracy (DMVs, corporate headquarters, office parks, etc). Note: we\u2019re not endorsing that anyone glue something to anything that doesn\u2019t belong to you. Each design is 3D modeled in SketchUp and is defaulted to print in matte bronze steel. Ellen chose this particular material because of its connotations with other large-scale recognizable public sculptures, whether life-size portraits of politicians or members of military on horseback.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/41Hcyiph0cpM7psToEC9zrfx9cmy_qOXzFCuLC6ZTxZCQz4z45ICaujU5QxnryuW8h1k1NKt7IUFhwqk7GdCwF9u7ztBpzCWnl32p1JwCXC7tbhnjHSq6QKWXgh1Buv-qhjimzNN\" width=\"262\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She currently works as an Assistant Professor of Art at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and while the school doesn\u2019t have its own 3D printer, she uses Shapeways to give 3D printing access to her students. Side note: if you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/education\">haven\u2019t noticed<\/a>, we\u2019re all about students using our services!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re also particularly loving that while Ellen\u2019s creating some incredible miniatures, she has some ideas for bigger, better tiny things if 3D printing limitations weren\u2019t an issue, saying, \u201cI would print tiny houses that are really well insulated. 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