I’m a newbie so whilst you all may now think that 3D printing is already old hat, I’m just starting to find out about it.
I’m an artist and I prefer to work in 3D either sculptural or bas relief work.
I’m looking to work with one of you clever folk to turn some of my smaller pieces into ‘create on demand’ items, preferably in resin rather than plastic.
Will you have to also do the printing? Well to be honest that’s up to you, you might just want to be paid for scanning and creating image files.
How will you be paid? Well I could either pay a regular fee up front or we can come to a profit related arrangement. I’m happy to work that out so everyone’s happy.
Lastly, I’m really interested in working with someone who can also have some creative input. Don’t get me wrong, I’m making the things but if you want me to make things that you’d like me to sell then it’ll be fun talking that through.
I do scanning and printing with a very high resolution printer. I have achieved print layers of 10 microns but I average 50 microns. Makerbots only print at 100-200 microns. This is important because you want to make silicone molds of your works.
Hi Geeman, How small are the small pieces you’re referring to? Also what material would they be made of initially. I don’t currently have a resin machine but would consider investing in one if the need was there. Currently I use FDM plastic ABS or PLA. Dave
These pieces aren’t very big, around 4" at the tallest and maybe 3" wide/deep. To be honest that’s not quite so relevant on my side as I can make the originals within whatever boundaries I need to.
They are made from bake-dry clay - like FIMO that sort of stuff, you harden it in an oven.
I’d be happy to make copies in the other materials you mention as well, it’s just that the retailers are used to selling cheap resin pieces and I’m not looking to scare them just yet with new fangled ideas
Thanks for your response to my post. I’m interested in your last comment, I actually had it in mind to print on demand rather than go to the expense of making molds and creating limited editions that way (which is of course the normal route).
