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Digital sculpture blog Sculptor working with digital fabrication using 3D modeling, laser cutting and 3D printing.

 

Leapfrog Creatr XL Dual extruder

Posted by satu-minna suorajärvi on Thursday, October 16, 2014 In : 3D-printing 
26.5.2014

My experience with Minifactory has been quite positive. I am able to print at low cost my  3D-modeled sculptures to PLA.
My 3D-models can be quite complicated, but with  Netfabb I have been able to repair most mesh problems.
I found out that  Leapfrog is building bigger 3D-printers for home printing. 

So, now I am 3D-printing with Leapfrog Creatr XL Dual extruder bigger printer bigger objects. Firmware to G-Code is Simplify 3D. 

After my  first print I almost destroyed printer. Simplify...
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After some 3D-printing, polishing and spray painting

Posted by satu-minna suorajärvi on Thursday, October 16, 2014 In : 3D-printing 
25.3.2014

This Passage-scuplture is 3D-printed of 15 PLA  pieces, gun glued together and spray painted. Size 43 x 33 x 12 cm. Wall 3 mm. I modeled it with Rhino, I sweeped one rail of my husbands and son's profiles.
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3D-printed collage

Posted by satu-minna suorajärvi on Thursday, October 16, 2014 In : 3D-printing 
14.3.2014
Easy way to make bigger sculptures is to glue them together with gun glue. Works quite easy with 
PLA. I also tried to welding plastic PLA with my Dremel, just put 2-3 cm long filament to Dremels head, rolling around and touching a object heats the filament and it works like metal welding, but remember to use safety goggles!
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3D-printing my first sculpture

Posted by satu-minna suorajärvi on Thursday, October 16, 2014 In : 3D-printing 
10.3.2014

My 3D-printing experience is growing and I try printing very thin objects of PLA. Sticking to the heated bed is still somewhat problematic. I am planning to 3D-print quite a big object and gluing parts together.



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Today I started as a 3D-printer

Posted by satu-minna suorajärvi on Thursday, October 16, 2014 In : 3D-printing 

3.3.2014

Today I started as a 3D-printer. I am a total beginner.  My machine is Minifactory with maximum print size 150mm x 150mm x 150mm. It has a strong metal chassis, so it seem quite durable and stable. First sounds are so robotic. But 3D-printing doesn't come easy. 

First job installing Repetier Host firmware  to my Modbook takes quite amount of my precious time. But finally I get decent G-Codes. Then I start warming up  my MF and try to get PLA filament through nozzle. The filament tries ...


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About Me


Satu-Minna Suorajärvi is sculptor and 3D designer from Helsinki, Finland. She is combining digital art with old traditions of sculpture bravely renewing them.

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