In the first blog expert post, I have introduced to you paper sculpture with 3D scanning. Today, I am astonished myself to see the material being used to make a 3D sculpture in the recent Suntory Whisky ads.
Materials like plastics, photopolymers, and metals are some common ingredients used for 3D printing. Known for creativity, the Japanese put an ice block on the 3D printer to create perhaps the most extravagant rock for their whiskey. In the video, we can see the familiar 3D printer we have seen during the NRI field trip, but there is a twist to the printer: the nozzle is replaced by a drill and the sands-like materials are replaced by an ice block freshly cut , to match the grandiose theme, using a chainsaw. We can also see the drilling process is controlled by a 3D modelling software and the design is shown as a traditional Japanese citadel. At the end, it is just a breathtakingly beautiful scene when the whiskey is poured on the ice citadel.
As impractical and wasteful as it seems, this is nonetheless a creative idea to use a 3D printer to produce an ice sculpture. If ice can be used as the material for 3D printer, then there are many other possibilities in the future of 3D printing. Common things like water or air might be the next!
Reference: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/stunning-3d-ice-sculpture-small-3483420
