Studio exercise 2: Five Forms x Five Materials

Cookie Cutter (1)

Cookie Cutter

  • Material: Stainless Steal
  • The Printing Method: To build steel models, special 3D printers deposit small drops of glue onto layers of stainless steel powder, one layer at a time, until the print is complete.
  • Cost: $23.67
  • Turnaround Time: 11 business days

door knob

Door Knob

  • Material: Chocolate
  • The Printing Method: To prints chocolate pieces that are 2 x 2 x 1 inches in size and build the shape as the design file shows.
  • Cost: $99, plus the cost of Chocolate
  • Turnaround Time: 1- 3 months for printer to be delivered

ring

  • Material: Platinum
  • The Printing Method: Platinum models are 3D printed using a complex five-step process. First, the model is printed in wax using a specialized high-resolution 3D printer. It is then put in a container where liquid plaster is poured in around it. When the plaster sets, the wax is melted out in a furnace, and the remaining plaster becomes the mold.

    Molten Platinum is poured into this mold and set to harden. The plaster is broken away, revealing your new product. The product is then carefully cleaned and hand-polished to give it the trademark Platinum luster. Please be aware that polishing can wear down or fill in very fine details and edges. Polishing also removes a bit of material from your product in order to smooth it out, so the exact volume may be slightly smaller than that of your digital model.

  • Cost: $337.48
  • Turnaround Time: 9 business days

Vase

  • Material: Sandstone
  • The Printing Method: Produced on Z-Corp printers, it is perfect for figurines, life-like models, avatars, and other products that lend themselves to colorful, high-quality printing.
  • Cost: $175.07
  • Turnaround Time: 6 business days                                                                                                                                           Phrase
  • Materials: Red Strong and Flexible Plastic
  • The Printing Method: To print in this material, we start with a bed of nylon powder and sinter the powder with a laser layer by layer, solidifying the powder as we go.
  • Cost: $85.53
  • Turnaround time:10 business days