New Prints from Shapeways.com

New prints have arrived in time to be included in the Artswalk display.  All of these prints were printed at standard size and are excellent examples of the material options and level of detail available from Shapeways.com.

Knight in Stainless Steel

This knight was printed in stainless steel.  That's right printed steel. The lines that look like fingerprints on the sides are actually artifacts of the printing process and show the topography of the layers as they get deposited.

Chess Kight standard size in Stainless Steel

Rook in Clear Acrylic

 The clear acrylic rook pictured here to the left of to a FDM plastic (transparent filament) print for comparison.  The material captures a much finer level of detail and transparency that is possible with FDM printing.  If you click on the image, you can zoom and and see an amazing level of detail on the internal stairway.  Keep in mind this rook is only 2" tall.

Rook standard size in Clear Acrylic

Bishop in Black Acrylic

Another excellent example of the detail and precision possible with prints from Shapeways.  This material has an interesting and oddly directional velvet like surface reflection.

Bishop standard size in Black Acrylic