I love the concept of 3D printing. I became fascinated with it since I was in high school, back in 2008. Of course I did not have any access to a digital fabrication lab, but I was a fan. I finally got a chance to work with it and make prints! Although I know in theory that fabrication takes another whole new process to realize the artist's design, I physically understood that it is a hard process. Making my small objects was not difficult, but imagine if you have to print out huge sculptures!
The challenges would consist of making sure that the machine works properly and knowing how to fix it when it's not working. In classrooms, I see how media art classes could use this technology to create all kind of figures and objects. Teachers who teach different subjects could collaborate with the media arts teachers to make interesting projects as well.
As one can see how a printed image could be seen as a drawing or a painting, the same goes for 3D printing. We can print sculptures! How cool is that? 3D prints could be seen as prototypes for making large sculptures. They could be used as a materials for building on top of each other like legos and other plastic pieces. They are small sculptures. The possibilities for transforming these and utilizing these are infinite.
For my research on one artist, I found Eric Ho on www.shapeways.com. He makes cute sculptures inspired by pop culture. I think kids will love some of these examples for their inspiration.
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