{"id":362,"date":"2010-01-26T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/362-robert-bosco-the-human-3d-printer.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:54:11","slug":"robert-bosco-the-human-3d-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/robert-bosco-the-human-3d-printer","title":{"rendered":"Robert Bosco, the human 3D printer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- s9ymdb:912 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"600\" width=\"600\" style=\"border: 0px none ; float: left; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DODECAEDREDANSSPHERE2.jpg\"><br \/>\nShapeways community member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/hisdesign?user_id=26454\">Robert&nbsp;Carlsen<\/a> pointed me to the work of <a href=\"http:\/\/pagesperso-orange.fr\/robert.bosco\/\">Robert Bosco<\/a>. Bosco was an amazing &#8220;turner&#8221; an artist &amp; artisan that using a mechanical lathe makes the most amazing things out of wood. To illustrate what is possible with 3D printing we usually point to examples such as &#8220;a ball in a ball&#8221; or other impossible shapes. But, Bosco has managed to create impossible shapes by hand and by using a lathe. The intricacy, sheer work &amp; skill as well as the planning that goes into these things is incredible. Take some time to check out the site <a href=\"http:\/\/pagesperso-orange.fr\/robert.bosco\/\">here<\/a> where he has <a href=\"http:\/\/pagesperso-orange.fr\/robert.bosco\/guidepolyedreen.htm\">stars inside polhedra,<\/a> Stars<a href=\"http:\/\/pagesperso-orange.fr\/robert.bosco\/dodecaedreetoileen.htm\"> inside Dodecahedra<\/a> and something called openwork stapled spheres that <a href=\"http:\/\/pagesperso-orange.fr\/robert.bosco\/Spheresagrafesajouresen.htm\">blew my mind<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shapeways community member Robert&nbsp;Carlsen pointed me to the work of Robert Bosco. 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