{"id":689,"date":"2010-12-17T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/689-he-sells-3d-printed-sea-shells.html"},"modified":"2022-09-28T14:10:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:10:40","slug":"he-sells-3d-printed-sea-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/he-sells-3d-printed-sea-shells","title":{"rendered":"He Sells 3D Printed Sea Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/forum\/index.php?t=msg&amp;th=4176&amp;start=0&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sharing<\/a> the arrival of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/173988\/small_shell_pendant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Shell Pendant<\/a>, Aeron203 AKA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/40_west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">40 West Designs<\/a> scanned an actual sea shell then had it 3D printed in silver by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Shapeways<\/a> with stunning results.<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:2644 --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Shapeways_Silver_3D_Printed_Sea_shell_32.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; width: 630px; height: 598px;\"><\/p>\n<p><i>I scanned a real shell using a Steinbichler Comet white-light scanner. 3D scanners of this type are high-precision instruments mostly used in laboratory and factory environments because of their cost and sensitivity to vibration, dust and temperature.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><br \/>\n<\/i><i>Dozens of scans were combined and blended together to create a 3D representation accurate to less than a thousandth of an inch. Hanging loops were sculpted in a style similar to the shell, creating a consistent look. The silver casting shows no printing lines, and even the sprue locations have been polished and sculpted by the silversmith to blend into the design.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:2662 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"686\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Shapeways_Silver_3D_Printed_Sea_shell2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:2680 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"466\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Shapeways_Silver_3D_Printed_Sea_shell_22.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>We hope to have <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/609-Sterling-Silver-Now-Available-Until-November-7th.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Silver<\/a> back as a 3D printing option as soon as possible, keep an eye on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Shapeways blog<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Materials<\/a> page for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing the arrival of his Small Shell Pendant, Aeron203 AKA 40 West Designs scanned an actual sea shell then had&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[481,478],"tags":[480,559,944],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shapeways","category-community","tag-4-art","tag-inspiration","tag-whats-hot"],"thumbnail":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - 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