A client came to us with some family antiques of high sentimental value passed from one generation to the next. They were crafted by silver artisans in Syria.
Some of the glass bowls and cups were broken, so we re-created the designs in 3D that were exactly like the originals and 3D printed them. We used PLA (Polylactic Acid) a bio-plastic made from corn starch and gave it a fun twist, as this particular plastic glows in the dark!
The client told us: “Restoring the bowls with 3D printing permitted us to return its value and exhibit them again. A marriage between new technology and ancient craftsmanship! Thank you!”
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Source: https://www.matterthings.com/blogs/news/restored-antiquity-from-syria-with-3d-printing
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Beautiful work, thanks for sharing!
Wow – what a great case study and a good job on the printing!
This is very important work, thanks for sharing it, Claudia!
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Nice work, Matterthings! We also 3D printed a lot of museum artefacts from around the world recently, including a statue from Mosul Museum in Iraq that has since been destroyed by terrorists. See our Expos page for more details and follow us on Twitter or Instagram for the images. We will post more pictures soon!
Cheers,
@makerwiz
