Things change
When I first learned about 3D printing, I couldn’t wait to do it myself. I pre-ordered a printer from 3D Systems, which doesn’t even sell consumer 3D printers anymore, and waited 7 months to receive and use it. For...
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Enlarging 3D printing designs has challenges
When working with 3D prints almost 5 feet tall on my Cerberus 3D Gigante 3D printer there are plenty of potential pitfalls. You know that if you’ve been reading this blog for a while. One pitfall is similar to what happens...
Read MoreSo Much for Cookie Cutter Claims About Creating Art With 3D Printing – Take 2
One of the huge misconceptions about 3D printing is that it is so easy you can just push a button to make multiple copies of a design. (Let’s not even think about CREATING the design.) HAH! After detailing how I had to...
Read MoreDreaming of wild filaments
In the decade I’ve been playing with 3D printing I’ve used several types of filaments. Right now I am using mostly PLA along with some Ryno (which I used to print 6-foot-tall Debutante, right) and a little PETG if I...
Read MoreModifying a 3D-printed sculpture – or not
I’ve been playing with this potential modification of one of my favorite sculptures – and then we had a 6-hour power outage. When that happens, it’s definitely game over. Since I don’t believe in...
Read MoreHow to achieve precision with 3D printing
As a self-taught artist, I’ve learned everything I do by trial-and-error and online research. For instance, I taught myself how to run my coal forge by downloading a book from the 1800s. That learning includes everything I know...
Read MoreSo much for cookie cutter claims about creating art
So much for the belief that sculptors will pump out thousands of the same piece creating soulless cookie-cutter multiples. Ironically, that charge was blown apart when my 46″ tall 3D-printed and hand-painted sculpture...
Read MoreFad or trend? 3D printing settles in
I’m old enough to remember a lot of fads, including hula hoops, Furbys, hoverboards and Tickle Me Elmo. 3D printing came on like a firestorm, too. Suddenly everyone wanted to create things from scratch using these amazing...
Read MoreThings Change Dept. – bigger, different, exciting
After using 3D printing for a decade, I’m embarking on a new initiative. And this is the first place I am talking about it publicly. At least this approach is new for me. Other artists have been using 3D printing to create...
Read More3D printing goes outside to play
Finally, 3D printing can go outside to play. Of course, it’s been possible to 3D print outdoor sculpture for a while, but we’re talking high-end, hundreds of thousands of dollars possible. For mere mortals like me,...
Read More3D printing more than sculpture
The more I use 3D printing, the more I use it for. Not everything is art. I’ve written before here about some of the crazy things I’ve made, like container tops, game boards, brass dice, candleholder trays, kitchen...
Read MoreWhat Nobody Tells You About 3D Printing
When 3D printing first burst on the scene for “mere mortals” (non-geeks – and that’s said with plenty of respect), there was 1 big thing no one told people. The dirty little secret? You need a file to...
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