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In modern times, the use of glass has transcended its traditional role. While it is common to turn glass into works of art, pieces of tableware, and even in windows, custom glass can be used to further scientific endeavors. How? Take Colin Rennie from the UK, for example. He wanted to create a 3D modelRead more……
The virtuosity with which decorative glass makers, leaves a viewer of these truly magnificent art works quietly in awe. This sect of artists is often not given their full due, as they create extravagant and complex designs that look so effortless to the layman. Peter Bremers has been creating cast glass sculptures for almost 30Read more……
The magic of decorative glass all started in the 1450s when Venetian decorative glass products were exported to other European countries. In the 13th century, Venetian glass masters started to design glass products with animal and human figures, coats of arms, flowers, and other ornaments. The Venetians produced complex designs of glass by applying diversRead more……
THE BIG QUESTION that’s nagged 3-D printing from the start is just what is the technology good for, anyway? It’s been asked of every new material touted by enthusiasts of the tool, from plastic to metal to wax. And now, glass.
Neri Oxman and her team at the MIT Media Lab’s Mediated Matter Group, along with the MIT Glass Lab and the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, recently unveiled G3DP, a 3-D printer for glass. The machine, the first of its kind, heats glass to more than 1,900 degrees Fahrenheit in a kiln, then extrudes it through an aluminum nozzle. In the gif below, you see translucent goo piped out of a nozzle and drizzled like honey before crystallizing into a ribbed structure. It’s hypnotic, even beautiful.
Yet the question remains: So what? The 3-D printed pieces, which will be shown at the Cooper Hewitt next year, are decorative, like vases you might find in an armoire full of glassware. The objects are small, because the nozzle extrudes a filament 10mm in diameter and the machine can’t make anything bigger than about 10 inches long and 11 inches high. Still, it’s important to remember these objects are simply a proof of concept that demonstrate how various extrusion patterns and shapes impact optical quality and structural strength.
