I was introduced to 3D printing more than a year ago, through pictures of beautiful mesmerizing table lamps by some artist that I came across on Facebook as a post from some artsy page. At that time I was amused at the fact that something could be printed 3 dimensional using a computer and although the technology being new it could look so beautiful. Maybe at that time I wasn’t aware that although new to me 3D printing was already making a lot of progress and was not a very infant technology after all.
Approaching toward my graduation with my Graphic Communication major, I wanted to use my elective credits to explore something new and that I hadn’t done before. So when I came across a class that looked like it would teach me software like Maya or AutoCAD I immediately signed up. I had always been interested in 3D digital design, more so because of my focus on animation and filmmaking. However, after attending the class I realized that the class was less about learning the digital software for design but more about the new 3D Printing technology. II felt like I had missed an opportunity to learn MAYA or some other 3D design software. But I was glad that I took the class as I got introduced to this whole new scope of 3D design that could lead to a lot of different and innovative things.
I have been an artist as long as I remember. I am very talented with Henna Design and temporary tattooing. And as a girl, ever interested in jewelry and accessories, something struck to me. It would be a very cool thing to design jewelry that somehow embodies the essence of the traditional henna designs but would be a 3D model instead. So there I was, researching 3D printed jewelry and design inspired from henna and filigree.
Following are some links to pages that have helped me build up on my inspiration to design henna inspired 3D printed jewelry. And I really hope to have built a collection a line of jewelry by the beginning of Spring 2014.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/filigree
http://www.shapeways.com/jewelry?li=nav
http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/product_tags.php?tag=3dprint