The guys who invented the Makerbot (the super cheap 3D printer) also figured out a way to modify printer cartridges to print suger. They used that to make a 3D printer that solidifies sugar to make objects. I couldn’t find the original article but here’s a couple objects, including a giant screw, printed using this method.
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Although this artist does not usually use mold making in his process, almost all of his art centers around the replication of things. I did find one example of a piece that I’m pretty sure used molds, but it’s mainly his artistic philosophy that I feel exactly fits this class. These are latex masks cast from the artist’s face.
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Still finishing documentation, need to take some pictures of them on a model.
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She created an instillation using casts of boxes in translucent polyethylene
