Art and Sculpture Articles

Artist Ioan Florea launches first 3D printed NFT art collection

The first 3D Printed Tactile Art collection by Ioan Florea is composed of interactive GLB digital files with unlockable content of the physical 3D printed object, 3D paintings on canvas and more. . GLB is a 3D file format used in virtual reality (VR), augmented...

Download and 3D-Print 18,000 Artifacts from Art History through Scan the World

“Scan the World might be one of the only institutions where visitors are encouraged to handle the most-valued sculptures and artifacts from art history. . The open-source museum hosts an impressive archive of 18,000 digital scans—the eclectic collection spans...

Synthetic ivory can be 3D printed

Check mates: two chess pieces that were 3D printed with the new artificial ivory. The dark lines were added to more precisely mimic ivory. (Courtesy: Technical University of Vienna) Claimed to be highly realistic and elephant-friendly, a new alternative to ivory has...

Former Browns Running Back Restores Nearly 200-Year-Old Menorah with 3D Printing

From artwork and historic buildings to monuments and other priceless artifacts , technologies like 3D scanning and 3D printing are often called on to help restore and preserve touchstones of history. . A recent example is a 193-year-old sterling silver menorah that...