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The Bonkers 3D Prints That Stratasys’ J8 Polyjets Can Produce
Stratasys is in the news for partnering with Paisley Park (Prince’s estate-turned-museum) on a 3D-printed display case. The case itself is not that interesting, but I started leafing through Stratasys’ catalog for the J8 series of Polyjet machines they used, and their samples—where they print multiple colors inside of a clear outer layer–are just bananas:
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As for the Prince thing, Paisley Park had commissioned Stratasys to 3D print a piano-shaped display case for Prince’s shoes. Like I said, not that interesting. However, the press release also mentions this:
“In addition to the [piano], Stratasys also created the largest 3D printed polymer image on fabric of Prince. The nine-foot by nine-foot image is composed of 347,130 clear spherical cells with layers of color contained inside.”
Uh…what? And this lousy photo below is the only asset in the press release?!?
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I’m amazed that no one thought to shoot a close-up of this, so we could see the little 3D-printed globules. I searched Stratasys’ website, Paisley Park’s website, nothing. Searched the Twitterverse, Facebook and Instagram with #paisleypark hoping to find a close-up image shot by a visitor, but no dice.
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The press release also mentioned this: “Stratasys’ direct-to-textile 3D printing was first demonstrated by designers at New York Fashion Week in 2019.” I found the relevant video, which shows fashion design collective threeASFOUR using Stratasys’ tech to print lenticular blobs on fabric:
If you don’t want to watch the video, here are some relevant screenshots below.
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And if any of you happen to visit Paisley Park, please take a good shot of the portrait.
https://www.core77.com/posts/110386/The-Bonkers-3D-Prints-That-Stratasys-J8-Polyjets-Can-Produce