10 COOL 3D PRINTED OBJECTS
“Open Wings” Cape
MELINDA LOOI
With the help of Belgian 3D printing company Materialise, Malaysian fashion designer Melinda Looi 3D printed her bird-inspired runway collection. makezine.com/go/wingscape
Laser-Sintered Rocket Nozzles
NASA is testing the limits of 3D printing with complex, nickel-chromium alloy rocket injectors. makezine.com/go/rocketinjectors
Light Sculpture Lamp
HILDEN & DIAZ
Artists are finding interesting ways to use 3D printers, like Forms in Nature, a light sculpture that casts fantastic shadows of gnarly trees on the walls of the room in which it hangs. makezine.com/go/lightsculpture
3D Print Yourself
There are services out there now that will 3D scan and print you as a figurine, like these high resolution captures by Twinkind (twinkind.com). Get started making basic 3D figurines with our 3D Scanning Party “Photo Booth” on page 44.
Nanomolecular Art
SHANE HOPE
Artist Shane Hope reshapes 3D models of nanoscale structures, like protein molecules and DNA double helices, by running Python scripts to visually “glitch out” the structures. He then prints the forms on clear acrylic and fills in empty spaces with paint. shanehope.info
Dodecahedron Speaker
SEAN MICHAEL RAGAN
This array of 12 speakers, arranged on the faces of a 3D-printed dodecahedron, provides non-directional-speaker quality sound. makezine.com/go/dodecahedron
2D Drawings into 3D Prints
Bring your child’s whimsical drawing to 3-dimensional life by turning it into a 3D print, with the help of services like Crayon Creatures (crayoncreatures.com).
Aston Martin Replica
IVAN SENTCH
Rather than shaping by hand, New Zealander Ivan Sentch is 3D printing the mold plug for the body of his replica 1961 Aston Martin, 4" by 4" at a time. makezine.com/go/astonmartin
3D Artwork for the Blind
The Midas Touch project transforms well-known two-dimensional artwork into 3D, allowing blind people to “see” it with their fingers. makezine.com/go/midastouch
TARDIS Prime Transforming Toy
ANDREW LINDSEY
Inspired by a fanciful T-shirt depicting a Doctor Who TARDIS transforming into an Optimus Prime-style robot, New Jersey engineer Andrew Lindsey designed and printed this amazing modular TARDIS Prime. thingiverse.com/thing:106595
