Art is okay and everything, but when it’s inspired by love, that’s when I become a sucker. LA-based Daksh Sahni has collaborated with his fiance, Simone Alexandrino, to translate his partner’s 2D drawings into 3D sculptures enabled by 3D printing — via a service provided by California’s Solid Concepts.
At Hinge Modern, just steps away from Crash Space in Culver City, Daksh and Simone are displaying a series of pieces that includes an ornately beautiful, 3D printed lamp. Using his 3D modeling experience as an architect and interactive game designer, Daksh was able to convert his fiance’s continuous line, digitized from Simone’s work, into a 3D model. He then worked with Solid Concepts to bring it into the tangible world and, as I choose to believe, to demonstrate his devotion to his one true love, above all else.
As he told the rapid manufacturing firm’s blogger, “With the help of Solid Concepts I was able to create many small sections of the final design at different scales with different materials using the Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) technology. Solid Concepts provided support and service throughout the design process. From touring their Valencia facility, to education on their processes available, to ensuring my files were clean and printable, and lastly sanding and finishing. It was great to work with one facility from start to finish.” The artwork was laser sintered and coloured using Solid Concept’s ColorTek process, but it was really manufactured with a deep and profound passion between two people – really, two islands in the stream, most likely, with no one in between. If anything, I’d say that they’re too deep in love and they’ve got no way out.
Alongside the glowing sun of 3D-printed love, there are pieces that show the sculpture’s development process, including a bag of Nylon 12 powder, used to laser sinter the lamp, and other sintered components, such as the one on the left:
I hope that I can make it up to Culver City to see the exhibit before it ends on September 7th, but, if you couldn’t tell from this post, I’ve got my own nuptials to finish planning.
Source: Solid Concepts
