Cerebus Gigante 3D printer

Back to the future: up and running

by kcaron | Nov 26, 2019 | Art, Blog, Filament, Hardware, November 2019, Updates | 0

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

by kcaron | Sep 24, 2019 | Blog, Hardware, September 2019, Videos | 1

‘This has never happened before’ yet again ….

by kcaron | Sep 11, 2019 | Blog, Hardware, September 2019, Updates | 0

Mad scientist performs 3D printer brain transplant

by kcaron | Aug 27, 2019 | August 2019, Blog, Hardware, Updates | 0

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 […]

All that is old is new again: Updating 3D printers

by kcaron | Apr 23, 2019 | April 2019, Blog, Hardware, Updates | 0

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 […]

A tale of two 3D-printed sculptures

by kcaron | Aug 30, 2018 | Art, August 2018, Blog, Updates | 0

I’ve written before about how I never create exact multiples of designs, 3D printed or otherwise. It’s possible, it’s just my philosophy to always create unique artworks. That being said, I do enjoy creating variations of sculptures – something I also do with my metal works – which is how series develop. (If you go […]

Alien forces invade 3D print

by kcaron | Feb 27, 2018 | Art, Blog, February 2018, Software, Updates | 0

Crazy things happen with 3D printing, especially with my 8-foot-tall Cerberus 3D Gigante 3D printer. As Steve Graber, who built this monster, has said, whatever this printer does, it does spectacularly. That definitely includes surprises like the “slubs” on my sculpture Love and Marriage, which are explainable, and recent moments like the time the print […]