Broken Heart by GregFrost

Broken Heart by GregFrost

Broken Heart by GregFrost

When I saw the above picture I thought, “Oh, nice, a heart print.  Okay, that’s sweet.”

When I saw the video below, I thought, “OMG, that’s SWEET!”

Deceptively simple and beautiful.  GregFrost, that’s an incredible design.  It is simultaneously reminiscent of brain gears, a jack-in-the-box, and a valentine.  It truly lives up to your description as a kinetic sculpture. 1

  1. Honestly, it doesn’t strike me so much as a broken heart as a cranky heart. []
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  • James
    November 9, 2010 at 9:55 am
     

    It is brilliant, and I’ll definitely be printing one sometime – far easier than assembling the original *papercraft* version!

    http://boingboing.net/2008/11/05/papercraft-heart-of.html

     
  • Dave Durant
    November 9, 2010 at 11:36 am
     

    That’s really, really cool. Well done!

     
  • Gabriel Isserlis
    November 9, 2010 at 9:30 pm
     

    Thats incredible. awesome!!! well done!

     
  • mjokirby
    February 4, 2011 at 1:50 am
     

    please teach me how to do it. please.. thanks.. email me at mjokirby@yahoo.com.. thanks..

     
  • Gears! - MakerBot Industries
    April 11, 2011 at 6:09 pm
     

    [...] am continually envious of the really excellent designs up on Thingiverse that make use of gears.  Greg Frost, Emmett, and Whosawhatsis have been rocking Thingiverse lately with their incredible designs [...]

     
 

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