This story is not about 3D printing per se but it is just as relevant to 3D printing as any other digital creative experience. It is the story of how Mathysa, one designer featured on Florentine online marketplace MakeTank, found a way for art and technology to coexist in her creative expression. It just makes sense, because Mathysa is not just a maker and a mom but she is also an engineer.
Mathysa creates beautiful laser cut jewellery, made mainly of black acrylic satin, and just like every other designer that uses MakeTank as an online retail platform, she shared her story and described the creative processes behind all her work.
“I’ve always had a great passion for art – she says – thanks to my parents who loved to paint and draw and that allowed me to grow up in a world of love for beauty and creativity. This has never been in conflict with my choices in life, my work as an engineer or my love for technology”.
This means that Mathysa’s objects are as varied as her sources of inspiration, and range form lo-tech of Art Nouveau and street art to the hi-tech of geometric shapes that seem to draw an ornament of the body wearing them.
“I think that my Bubbles necklace, with its simple geometric design, is one of the jewels I am most fond of. Probably because it was created with ease, without a second thought, in a few hours the design took shape and when I wear it I get a lot of compliments. But I also love Art Nouveau and Girl necklaces, they are all creations that do not go unnoticed!”, she adds.
With her laser cut art works Mathysa, who is Italian, embodies the spirit behind MakeTank and feels that the maker community can be a great resource for her country, and for the many people who have been left jobless by the recent financial crisis.
“We must believe that in Italy we have the strength and the intelligence to make it – she says. We can’t just hope to escape abroad or find a poorly paid job. Because in Italy we have creativity, ingenuity, enthusiasm, love of beauty and art and believing in those who try means there is hope for a better future.”
