{"id":505,"date":"2013-11-18T15:18:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T15:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2014-04-03T13:14:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T13:14:24","slug":"goldsmiths-students-union-gsu-trip-to-3d-printing-work-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"Goldsmiths Students\u2019 Union trip to 3D printing workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By<strong> Limahl Macfarlane, Advice Service Co-ordinator, Goldsmiths Students&#8217; Union<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-02-12.28.43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-508\" title=\"2013-11-02 12.28.43\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-02-12.28.43-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The New Wave Festival is a ten day arts programme which challenges London\u2019s most creative minds and artists to produce and present collaborative, audience-engaging work in public spaces in just fifty days. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-10-27-15.16.25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-506\" title=\"2013-10-27 15.16.25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-10-27-15.16.25-e1384787658618-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-10-27-15.16.25-e1384787658618-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-10-27-15.16.25-e1384787658618-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seemed fitting that GSU should take a group of enthusiastic Goldsmiths students from across disciplines, to a work shop at Swiss Cottage library on 3D printing, which was part of the festivals series. It was led by a company called 3Dscanbot.com who had a variety of art installations, a resident artist painting attendees and a 3D printer with equipment scanning participants. Once scanned students\u2019 images were uploaded to a computer screen where they got to view their 3D image. In addition, they got to see a stripped back 3D printer in action, and were able to observe the mechanics of the machine as it created a sculpture, while questioning the technician.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-02-12.25.43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-507\" title=\"2013-11-02 12.25.43\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-02-12.25.43-e1384787711723-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The future is here. And all you need is a clever printer and you can make a sculpture of yourself or anything else for that matter.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photographs courtesy of GSU<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Limahl Macfarlane, Advice Service Co-ordinator, Goldsmiths Students&#8217; Union The New Wave Festival is a ten day arts programme which challenges London\u2019s most creative minds and artists to produce and present collaborative, audience-engaging work in public spaces in just fifty days. 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