http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2010/03/10/gold-leafing-makerbotted-objects/ Democratizing Manufacturing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2010/03/10/gold-leafing-makerbotted-objects/#comment-3328 Ann Marie Shillito Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:55:53 +0000 http://www.makerbot.com/blog/?p=1228#comment-3328 Thank you, Vandebina, for sharing your methods and materials. Decorating and treating the surfaces of 3D printed objects can turn prototypes into even more desirable objects. Here is the photograph of one of my very first pieces in ABS http://bit.ly/b2hd0J. This bangle has 3 rotating rings which have been painted with acrylic and decorated with gold leaf. The sheen of the burnished leaf really emphasises the texture created by the build process which is important to me. The rings can be turned to change the pattern, and the other side has different colours and more structured pattern. Thank you, Vandebina, for sharing your methods and materials. Decorating and treating the surfaces of 3D printed objects can turn prototypes into even more desirable objects. Here is the photograph of one of my very first pieces in ABS http://bit.ly/b2hd0J. This bangle has 3 rotating rings which have been painted with acrylic and decorated with gold leaf. The sheen of the burnished leaf really emphasises the texture created by the build process which is important to me. The rings can be turned to change the pattern, and the other side has different colours and more structured pattern.

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