gizmodo.com: These complex collars look like like they're made from freaky shark jaws or the skeleton of some crazy underwater menace, but they were actually borne directly from a 3D printer. MadLab designer Madeline Gannon did start with an aquatic inspiration, though—the virtual movement of a digital squid.
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Its truly amazing how easy it is to create intricate works of art nowadays. 3D printing has made it so that anyone's vision can quickly be produced. I'm thrilled every time I see a new work come out and I'm excited to see how technology and art continue to intertwine and mix. The possibilities for collaboration are endless.
I just posted a comment about how I'm suspicious of printers replacing artists, but this article gave me hope. This is what I feel this new technology should be used for- creating new concepts that could never have been conceived of, let alone built by hand. This is very different from using a printer to do something that could have been done by hand. I love the whole concept of this- the crazy squid-thing virtual swimming, and the final bizarre but beautiful product. How do you get to be a person who gets paid to make stuff like this?
The article makes it seem that these creations weren't too difficult to create. The designer Madeline Gannon used a program and a Kinect sensor to form these unique patterns that turned into headpieces, wristbands, collar art, and column decorations. I love how intricate and complex the compassion of her work is. The highly detail white plastic is stunning and very elegant. This is what I believe is a proper use of a 3D printer. A 3D printer should only be used if you need something made that you can't make by hand or you need to mass produce an object that needs to be identical. Some people abuse the 3D printer and don't utilize its full potential. What a fabulous work of art and only more is going to come from here.
Is this technology going to replace artists? No I don't think so. It's simply a new medium for artists to create in.
Are we going to see 3D printers become the new way to make jewelry and props? I think we might. This could create new positions in the props and costume shop. The 3D props draftsperson, and the 3D print operator.
I think this small scale 3D fab technology is going to be a significant step in theatre design and production.
OH MY GOODNESS... that was my professor last year for Intro to Digital Media... HAHAHAHA This is too cool. She is really smart and an amazing designer. She had a presentation about this last year at the computer digital thing (I missed it D:). But this is really cool. I am always fascinated by 3D printing jewelry and large accessories. If you go onto Shapeways' website, which Madeline actually introduced my class to last year, and you can see other kind of accessories or clothing or jewelry that is being 3D printed. I don't think 3D printing will replace are, I don't think technology will replace art. I don't think art can ever be replaced, it can only evolve and expand.
This is not the first case where I have seen 3D printing used in costume work. It's so amazing!! In my research for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show this past year, I found that one of the pieces was done entirely on a 3D printer to make wearable "snowflakes" complete with texture! The use of technology for design fascinates me especially when it comes to drawing and designing on the computer. It puts a whole other world of creativity on top of designing on paper. I wonder how much more intricate these pieces would be if the artist had more or less tentacles on her squid.
Madeline Gannon is one of those people who is going to change the face of design and architecture. I was lucky enough to have her as an Architecture studio professor when I was in the school of architecture. Her brain works a different way than most people. She sees spaces and form in everything. This project is an example of how computer programming, design, and art can all come together and make something that is beautiful and intelligent. I think having had her as a professor I was exposed to a new way of thinking about space and form. I hope everyone can learn from her type of work and thinking. This type of design should not just be limited to architecture, but should also influence all other forms of art, including theater. Great Job Madeline!
3D modeling and 3D printing seems to create an endless array of possibilities for creation of new objects and materials, but what interests me most about this article is not the end result, but the way in which they got the model. The motion tracing of the 3D squid model as a tool for creating an entirely different 3D object is something that hadn't even crossed my mind, more specifically the ability to create a tool specific to a project, and not the other way around.
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