Lowering the 8-foot-tall Gigante 3D printer
As an artist who works three dimensions and often designs in CAD (Computer Aided Design), I was immediately fascinated by the opportunities afforded by 3D printing.
This new technology offers much promise for creating not only original art, such as my 5-1/2-foot-tall sculpture Epic Swoon, but also maquettes, or small models, to show patrons for commissions.
This article will tell you more about how I got involved in 3D printing and how it influences my artistic practice.
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Enjoy!
Increasing intensity: Lighting 3D-printed sculptures
Artist Kevin Caron investigates lighting his 3D-printed sculptures
Back to the future: up and running
Busy holiday season provides ample opportunity for people to check out artist Kevin Caron’s new deconstructed “cubist” 3D-printed sculpture ….
My 3D printer heads to the hospital
‘This has never happened before’ yet again ….
Mad scientist performs 3D printer brain transplant
Wouldn’t you like to see that headline in your newspaper or favorite news Website? It’d be at the top of mine, because that’s just what happened recently with my 8-foot-tall Cerberus 3D Gigante 3D printer. The Gigante is 5 years old now, which is like 50 in 3D printing years, especially with the rapid changes in […]
Beautiful variations in 3D printing breakthrough
Now that I’ve stumbled into this amazing new look with 3D printing I’m playing with the nuances. Some I can control – the color and type of filament (type only if I’m printing on my Cerberus 3D 400 – it can handle a lot of different types because of its ability to print at a […]
Let there be light: adding lights to my 3D printers
Artist Kevin Caron shows how he added light to his 3D printers.
Breakthrough: ‘playing around’ leads to intriguing visual development
Artist Kevin Caron has discovered a new appearance for his 3D printed sculptures ….
All that is old is new again: Updating 3D printers
If you buy a 3D printer “off the shelf,” say a MakerBot or Lulzbot, you get what you got. Of course, based on the number of units sold of these machines, you can assume they are of some quality. You also know the capabilities of the printer, the kind of filament it can handle, its […]
Simplify 3D offers superior slicing for 3D printing
This review of Simplify3D slicing software for 3D printing shares why Simplify is chosen by so many 3D printing fans, as well as some of its challenges.