In industry, 3D printing has already established itself as an everyday tool. In addition, 3D printing also offers creative industries such as the fine arts new perspectives and potential. 3D printing completely opens up new possibilities in the creation of art objects.
The layer-by-layer construction of objects in 3D printing results in unprecedented geometric freedom. Artists can now design works using 3D printers without regard to their practical manufacturability: What can be printed is what is conceivable – whether in art casting, architecture, or sculpture. There are also virtually no limits to the size that can be realized. Current 3D printing systems also enable large-format 3D printing of fine art and sculptures.
Art lives from history and tradition, but even more from its changeability and constant development through the creative use of modern technologies. Let our customers and projects inspire you and discover the unlimited design freedom of 3D printing in art.
Benefits of 3D printing for the visual arts
Making the impossible possible
3D printing goes beyond the geometric limitations of conventional manufacturing processes and creates new freedom for product design: whatever is constructively conceivable can be printed. Whether new objects, sculptures, or replicas of valuable works.
Scaling
From miniatures to life-size or even larger-than-life sculptures, everything is printed in one piece. 3D printed art can be scaled almost infinitely and combined with conventional manufacturing processes.
Precise in detail
State-of-the-art print head technology ensures that even the finest details and filigree structures can be reproduced with maximum precision. For perfect display, presentation, and the experience of creative work.
3D printing expands the dynamic creative dialogue between artist and artisan. There are hardly any limits to the ideas, but you still have to have them yourself. Only the implementation is no longer a hurdle.
Peter-Simon MühlhäuserHead of Sales, Marketing and InnovationsErnst Strassacker GmbH & Co. KG
voxeljet modernizes art casting
3D printing for art casting
3D-printed molds and models can be used not only for industrial purposes, but also for artistic production.
By means of sand 3D printing, sculptures or other objects can be additively manufactured in large-format molds and further processed via the classic sand casting process. In addition to the possibility of limitless geometric construction, size now plays a minimal role. Depending on the artwork, multiple molds can be printed, cast, and welded.
3D-printed PMMA models made of very fine plastic powder are suitable for filigree works. They can then be integrated into the investment casting process in the same way as conventional wax patterns. With maximum precision, this form of 3D printing of art offers an ideal solution for highly complex and detailed art objects.
3D printing modernizes classic art casting
The Strassacker art foundry relies on additive manufacturing. Learn more about the role of 3D printing for art casting here.
Additive manufacturing as an artistic tool
Using the latest 3D printing technology, artist Bruno Wank created a unique 3.3-meter bronze statue of St. Boniface.
Artful 3D printing for Munich's Westpark
Binder jetting 3D printing technology gives artists design freedom in addition to scalability of shapes and surfaces.
Webinar: Art Casting
In this webinar, the renowned German art foundry, Strassacker, will tell all about PMMA 3D printing technology and it’s applications in art casting.
Immediate, detailed, perfect in form - 3D-printed works of art
Art at the push of a button? Sounds impossible at first, but additive manufacturing makes this a reality.
3D printers for artists produce direct, immediate results using CAD data. This allows artists to initiate fully digital creation processes and additively transfer their ideas to a real object. Whether to test a prototype, illustrate an initial design iteration, or immediately produce the completed artwork.
In this way, 3D printing specifically helps contemporary art unlock creative potential and make it tangible. Whether in sand, plastic, reworked or raw. Here, too, the boundaries of the possible are shifting toward a new era of artistic creation.
Opportunities for artists
3D printing is ideal for large-scale and highly complex projects and offers completely new possibilities for artists.
3D Printing for designers
From designer aluminum chairs to unique design lamps, 3D printing Binder Jetting enables new design possibilities.
Sculpture from 3D printer
ETH Zurich shows how architecture can benefit from additive manufacturing and the potential behind 3D printing technology.
More Case Studies in Art and Design
3d printed joysticks for tractors and machines
For Lindner Traktorenwerke, 3D printing is already an alternative to injection molding. For example, for customized joysticks and control elements for their tractors.
3D printing patterns for large-scale sculpting
The Embrace is a public artwork in Boston to honor and remember the life of Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta Scott King. The sculpture was created with 3D PMMA printing and investment casting
58 sculptures cast in bronze visualize the Way of the Cross of Jesus in Nebraska, USA. The unique works of art were created by famous artists using a combination of 3D printing, investment casting and bronze casting.
URWAHN – 3D printing in bike manufacturing
To produce its e-bikes, URWAHN has focused on reshoring and lean management and is achieving these goals through additive manufacturing. Learn what role the voxeljet technology plays.
PMMA 3D printing conquers North America
Express Prototyping belongs to the leading experts for 3D printing investement casting patterns in North America. Learn from the CEO Thomas Müller how he established the business and how he sees the future.
3D printing for structural elements in architecture
For the unique facade of the Galleria Gwanggyo in South Korea, 3D printing and investment casting was employed to create hundreds of individual joint knots for the glass walk.
Modern structural optimization combined with 3D printing and the investment casting of titanium. These pedal cranks show what is possible when existing design limits are removed.
3D printing solutions
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