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8. 3D Printing Brings An Entirely New Dimension To Children's Drawings

http://www.businessinsider.com/3-d-printing-brings-an-entirely-new-dimension-to-childrens-drawings-2013-1



You can have your baby's shoes dipped in gold, your child's milk teeth turned into jewellery, and even your foetus scanned and cast in resin.

And now you can have your children's scribbles immortalised in stone, thanks to a project by Spanish designer Bernat Cuni. Crayon Creatures is a new service that takes your child's drawings, transforms them into a digital model, then provides you with a 3D-printed version – in full colour.

Cuni says the idea came from his children's interest in seeing 3D printing in action. "We have a small DIY 3D-printer at home, so my kids are used to seeing ideas turned into objects quite easily," he says. "Whenever I bring something home now, they ask if I made it or bought it. It's interesting they have an idea that there is another source for things than just the shops."

The first stage in the process is interpreting the drawing, to actually understand what it could be in three dimensions. "It can be quite difficult," says Cuni. "My son had to explain that this yellow and blue blobby thing he had drawn was a hamster on a speed boat."


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/3-d-printing-brings-an-entirely-new-dimension-to-childrens-drawings-2013-1#ixzz2HZy9YdCM