The guys at Open3DP seem to have made a breakthrough in their quest to develop glass-based 3D printing. Every week they seem to make progress, and this week we see a “semi translucent blue glass ring”. There’s no details on their blog to describe how they managed to create this magical item, but if… Continue reading One Blue Ring
Jewelry
Nervous Jewelry
Actually it’s not the jewelry that’s nervous, it’s the creators. Or their company: Nervous System. They produce a line of jewelry (bracelets, rings, necklaces, earrings and brooches) that were generated by sophisticated algorithms in software. The designs are then either 3D printed, or in some cases 3D printed moulds are used to create the… Continue reading Nervous Jewelry
Romantic 3D Printing
You gotta believe we’re all a serious bunch, always talking about Z-axis resolution, printing chemicals, trade shows, power requirements, NURBS and other tech stuff. But sometimes things just bump into reality. That’s what happened to fynflood when he reached a moment in his life when technology changes life forever. Caught without funds to purchase a… Continue reading Romantic 3D Printing
Earth Cufflinks
Fluid Forms has executed another example of reality colliding with 3D design. Their new “Earth Cufflinks” product enables you to order silver cufflinks shaped to match the terrain of the earth. Which terrain? That’s up to you to select using their easy-to-use google-mapped tool. You select a place name or post code, and immediately you… Continue reading Earth Cufflinks
Wear Your Land!
Some people just seem to carry the weight of the world on their shoulders, but now everyone can by trying out Fluid Forms’ new Earth Brooch product. It’s a silver cast of a topographical section of the earth’s surface that you select. Once you’ve picked your area, a 3D printer produces a three… Continue reading Wear Your Land!
Rocks From 3D
After a few hints of 3D printing entering the jewelry manufacturing space, we bumped into an article from the All About Rocks blog. They say: The world of Jewelry Manufacturing is right now entering a phase of evolution, the old arts of sketching, modeling, reviewing and restarting that long time consuming process until satisfaction are… Continue reading Rocks From 3D
Wear Your 8Hertz By Speaking to 1234Lab
Yes, we wrote the headline specifically to baffle readers. It’s all about a rather amazing new process developed by 1234Lab, a very interesting operation that is “a design group that is focusing on designing innovative product with business potential”. Among their inventory of radical products is the 8hertz line of jewelry. Here’s how it works:… Continue reading Wear Your 8Hertz By Speaking to 1234Lab