In order to print the object it must be grounded on the plate below in the program and downloaded as an stl. into maker ware. the object can then be sized and centered and exported to the actual 3-d printer. Once the glass plate is prepped and the proper wire and wire color is used one can print his or her object.
The printer is very efficient at its job, but one day I hope to see some improvements. as of now the printer has to go by layers. This can be inefficient because it has to constantly move back and forth from a position without being done on a tower. Also as the instrument continues to a smaller part of the sculpture it can make mistakes. the tip of my castle has a little bulge, but still has a pointy tip. I also hope the printer will be able to print in multiple colors one day like a regular printer although that might not be space efficient yet. I am very pleased with my castle because not it is a physical manifestation of what i thought up and touchable.
Theo Jansen is a Dutch kinetic artist and known for creating sculptures that move in the wind. He has recently been advertised in a BMW commercial and the link is right here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Ny5BYc-Fs
He has also been known to create his moving sculptures using 3d printers. and the link is right here.
http://www.shapeways.com/shops/theojansen
The other artist is Luke Jerram. He has translated a japanese Earthquake into a sculpture uses a 3d printer. What is interesting is that a seismograph puts a 3-dimensional wave onto a 2-dimensional plane so that scientists can read the magnitude of the p and s waves. The artist is now putting the wave back into its 3-dimensional form.
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