Monthly Archives: December 2014

This course was an extremely unique, one of a kind experience.  The semester was full of surprises from beginning to end.  Although the course load was much more than I had expected, there were many valuable lessons that I was … Continue reading →

When I initially decided to venture out to further my knowledge on 3D printing in the jewelry industry, I had hoped to do this with the ultimate goal of creating a design file to produce a printed piece of jewelry. … Continue reading →

For the final step of my journey in furthering my knowledge on 3D printed jewelry design, I had originally hoped to submit a completed design file to Shapeways for printing but since I was not able to complete the prior … Continue reading →

My original plan for the next step was to sketch out some designs that I hoped to turn into 3D design files in SketchUp.  However, after realizing the difficulty in becoming proficient with 3D designing skills to a level where I can … Continue reading →

For my next step in the schedule of events to further my knowledge in 3D printing jewelry, I wanted to learn more about 3D designing itself to hopefully get a better insight into the mechanics of it to gain a deeper … Continue reading →

To further my knowledge in 3D printed jewelry, I spent some time studying actual pieces that were designed and printed using 3D printing.   Here are some images from a new jewelry line called LACE by Jenny Wu.  Wu’s expertise … Continue reading →

In the blog that I launched for my midterm in this class, I wrote about my interests in further exploring the evolutions 3D printing has brought about in the jewelry industry.  After doing further research on the new possibilities that 3D … Continue reading →