Take a look at this object, which is obviously 3D-printed. Ask yourself: How did they do it?
In this case, “they” is Dutch designer Stijn van Aardenne, whose Maze Lamp caught our eye last year.
More recently, van Aardenne has been teasing a new “revolving print bed” he’s developed:
It was used to produce the piece shown up top, which he calls the “Honey Dipper:”
“The Honey Dipper is the first output and proof of concept of a new 4-axis rotary printer prototype I’ve been developing, designed to align layer orientation with the flow of the geometry. A perfect match with transparent materials and light!”
Aardenne is pretty prolific, so with any luck we’ll see market-ready product soon.
