The struggle to convert digital music into a tangible analog format.
It’s a little surprising how difficult it is to digitally fabricate a record, considering that records are about 50 years older than digital technology. There have been multiple attempts, included laser engraved experiment records and 3D printed Fisher Price records. The challenge is the combination of the relatively large size of records and the extremely fine detail required to produce recognizable music.
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Intricate sculpture that leaps from the pages
In a stunning follow-up to his award-winning 360-degree laser cut book, Japanese architect Yusuke Oono has produced a Christmas-themed version just in time for the festive season.
This delicate, intricate artwork opens from a seemingly traditional book to form a 360 degree, 3d diorama within the pages. The original laser cut book deservedly won Oono the You Fab 2012 laser cutting contest in Tokyo and this next version is just as impressive.
To produce the paths for the laser cutter, CAD programs were used to create a 3D landscape that is then sliced by rotating the plane around a central point.
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Posted in Art, Functional Art + Objects, Guy Blashki, Laser Cutting by Guy Blashki | Comments are off for this post
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Ponoko-made present for you.
Keep track of the new year with this handsome lasercut Digits Calendar designed by Dave Rollins of Use Your Digits (and video game controller ornament fame). We’re giving away FIVE of these flatpack calendars to you!
How to enter:
Just leave a good tiding in the comments. What’s a tiding? We didn’t know; we had to look it up, and it’s news.
So yeah, just leave some good news in the comments. Like your son got all As and one B, you landed a new job, finally got a date, or you’re that person from Missouri that won the lottery . Whatever it is, if it’s good, tell us, and you might WIN!
Giveaway details: Only one comment/entry per person. Contest closes December 13. Five winners will be selected at random. Prize is $35 value.
Posted in Contests + Competitions, Functional Art + Objects, Laser Cutting by Kristen Turner | Comments are off for this post
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Simple technologies enable objects to take form before your eyes
One of the gorgeous explorations from the students at ECAL, the University of Art and Design Lausanne, Animal Growth challenges the automated production processes that most designers have come to rely on.
In Animal Growth, simple hand tools are utilised to break down the manufacturing process of expanded foam animal toys. Templates that enable an operator to cut, glue, and fill the animal form have the appearance of something much more refined than the prototyping model-shop roots that these techniques would suggest.
The Low-Tech Factory projects were recently exhibited as a part of a local design festival, and showcased six fun, unique production processes. Each project is supported by an engaging video of the process in action, where you can really get a taste for the physicality of the forms as they come to life before your eyes.
“Students look at showcasing the manufacturing process of an object, from the machine to the finished product.”
Click through to see the Animal Growth clip, and we’ve also thrown in the other quirky Low-Tech Factory videos. They’re just too good to skip over.
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Ponoko-made presents!
Our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide features a range of jewelry, home decor, gadgets, and holiday goodies all made by our creative customers.
We’ve featured gifts to fit any budget, from $5 moustache earbud wraps to custom computers starting at $259. Whether you’re looking for something for a geek, biker, gamer, crafter, hostess, or girlie girl, we’ve got you covered.
Keep reading to see the 32 products featured or jump to our Holiday Gift Guide on Pinterest.
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Posted in 3D Printing, Contests + Competitions, Electronics + Robotics, Fashion + Textiles, Functional Art + Objects, Jewellery, Laser Cutting, Toys + Games by Kristen Turner | Comments are off for this post
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Surprising updates seamlessly blend reality and imagination
Bringing 3D printing into the public arena on a more subtle level than we are used to seeing, Greg Petchkovsky’s entry to the Instructables Make It Real challenge is quite an eye-catcher.
Focusing on modifying or updating objects in unexpected ways, his technique involves taking dozens of pictures at different angles of an object, and then importing them into Agisoft PhotoScan for processing. The result is a high-resolution, full-colour point cloud that can be used for 3D modelling.
Click through for a video that shows just how he came to this clever outcome. (more…)
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Ponoko-made project by Lu Davidson
Lu Davidson is the project coordinator behind the Inspiring Stories Trust of New Zealand, a charitable organization dedicated to telling the stories of New Zealanders who are taking action and leading change.
Her current project is organizing the 2012 film competition awards ceremony which is taking place in Wellington this Saturday, November 17 as part of the Festival of the Future — and creating trophies to present to the winners.
“Its been 9 months since we launched the Inspiring Stories National Film Competition, themed ‘Young Kiwis Making A Difference’.” Lu tells me. “This competition motivated young aspiring filmmakers to tell stories of incredible people doing awesome things in their communities and all over Aotearoa. I want to make the awards ceremony extra memorable for our young filmmaking winners.”
So Lu approached us about creating unique award trophies for each of the winners. “Josh at Ponoko suggested keeping it simple, using lasercutting with a single material. He also emphasized the importance of making a prototype.”
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Posted in Functional Art + Objects, Laser Cutting, Maker Stories by Kristen Turner | Comments are off for this post
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Saying Cheese takes on a whole new form in Japan
In a neighbourhood that is famous for unique photo opportunities, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd in Harajuku, Japan. Yet the Omote 3D photo booth is doing just that in what may be the world’s first 3D printing photo booth.
Operating for a limited time at the exhibition space Eye of Gyre, the service will offer a miniature replica of passers-by in three sizes and three not-so-small price points. Having said that, the quality of these personal reproductions is remarkably good.
Following a 15 minute 3D scan, the subject can then tweak the model to choose features such as hair colour and clothing details, before proceeding to the final print.
Click through for further examples and details on how to reserve a booking to get ahead of the crowds. (more…)
Posted in 3D Printing, Functional Art + Objects, Guy Blashki by Guy Blashki | Comments are off for this post
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Retro-Technify your electricals with laser-cut accessories
Flicking a switch is something we so easily take for granted. With the smallest action, darkness is banished and the room is flooded with light. Taking a more considered approach to the wonders of electric lights, this range of switch enhancers combines the high-tech precision of laser cutting with a mechanical sensibility that hearkens back to simpler times.
The planetary gear adaptation pictured above is just one of several wonderfully overcomplexified wall plate add-ons from Father and Son team Lance and L.J. Nybye. Other variations on the Steampunk theme include rack-and-pinion mechanisms, levers and toggles all beautifully laser cut from high quality plywood. If plain old plastic toggles simply aren’t your thing, the Steampunk light switch collection is available to purchase at Green Tree Jewelry.
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Posted in Functional Art + Objects, Guy Blashki, Laser Cutting by Guy Blashki | Comments are off for this post
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Reprocessed digital scans printed as new objects with a twist
Digital techniques will often carry with them errors and glitches, but as London-based artist Matthew Plummer-Fernandez shows, they need not be a point of frustration.
In his recent series, Digital Natives, these glitches become a source of inspiration as they are used to transform everyday objects through digital manufacturing techniques.
Matthew first creates a 3D scan using a digital camera, and then applies some custom algorithms that he has developed to process the data. Once his tweaks for form and colour are all done, the refined, reprocessed object is then 3D printed to re-enter the physical realm. (more…)
Posted in 3D Printing, Functional Art + Objects, Guy Blashki by Guy Blashki | Comments are off for this post
Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing
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