3D Printing

HOMEWORK #9 (2) Think of possibilities of what one can do creatively with 3D printing and create a blog entry that focuses on it.

3D Printing gives artists, designers, and everyday people ranging from extensive to no computer skills at all, the opportunity to create three dimensional objects with the click of a button. With the abundance of easy to use, affordable, 3D software it is easier than ever to print as long as you have access to a 3D printer. Those with a comprehensive understanding of software are able to create intricate designs on the computer, and those who lack skill are able to download templates manipulate them, or even print them as they are. Regardless of skill the 3D printers allow people to make objects without having to carve, sculpt, glue, cut or chisel. This new media is almost the modern day sculptor, physically producing the designs we the "artist" create.

The possibilities are endless. As long as the printer is large enough and the 3D model is created accurately in the software, any object can be created. Children can print their own legos, fathers can print their own replacement parts, mothers can print their own cookie cutters, if every family had a 3D printer in their homes in the future it could change the role of shopping in our country. People could potentially print the objects they need, instead of going to a store and buying them. Potentially with the use of 3D scanners a faster way of inputing a design in the software opposed to creating manually, average americans could reproduce anything in their home, pick a color print it, then assemble or add wiring if necessary.

It is very important to include 3D printing in the art classrooms today, because it is an emerging media that's boundaries are yet to be pushed. Children need to be able to utile to software and the printers in order to fully explore the potential this media has.