to the wearer’s Smartphone to determine how much metadata is being collected at any given point. The 3D printed dress adjusts according to the data that is being shared. In other words the dress starts exposing the skin on the basis of the data that is being shared.
Imagine with we could conserve the heritage sites with the help of 3D printing. It would be great! Isn’t it? A similar thing happened after the degradation of the tomb of Egyptian king Tutankhamun. The ancient burial chamber was ravaged by tourists and tourism. In order to prevent the structure from further degradation a British artist Adam Lowe spent five years to recreate a life size replica of the tomb. Adam used 3D printing to recreate the magic of this tomb with keeping every bit of micro bacteria, crack and even flakes of paints in the right position.
Producing center pieces with the help of sugar and derivatives of sugar, artists are using 3D printing to do this. They have broken the barrier of plastic and metal. They are experimenting with food now. Many labs and also individual researchers have made objects with the help of 3D printing that are made entirely of edible materials. For example: the igloo made by design studio Emerging Objects which was made of salt panels.
Doodling in 3D has become the new in –thing. The new LIX 3D Printing Pen enables the user to doodle 3D images; it makes sketches of objects which can be used as blueprints for larger projects. The tool is very portable as it fits perfectly in ones pocket. The pen works like a 3D printer; it melts and cools colored plastic which allows the user to create free standing structures in thin air! The pen has a hot end nozzle which is supplied by power with the help of a USB port which is connected to the laptop or computer.
The list is actually never ending as to how 3D printing is changing the world of arts and crafts. There might be other ways as well by which 3D printing will change the way artists work. This amalgamation of 3D printing with art might also change the definition of art as a whole.
Image Credit: Dustin Gaffke (flickr Handle: onepointfour)