3D printing art-Is it possible with children’s imaginations?

Throughout these blog posts I have talked about printing objects and creative ideas to make one of a kind items and there is no doubt in my mind that printing children’s artwork and what they think of wouldn’t be anything new or different. Of course you can print children’s artwork. And what a creative outlet for a child to have but seeing their imagination become a tangible hand held item that they can play with.

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Now not all artwork can be created into a 3D image if it isn’t 3D to begin with. For instance you cant take an abstract geometric shaped painting and expect to turn it something. But many kids young and old are able to colour in pictures of what could be a 3D image. For example take an outline of a horse and colour it in. Then print it in a 3D printer and you will have a toy horse coloured with what that child has come up with. This technique is really able to expand into getting children excited about art. Instead of sitting in front of a computer screen or Xbox all day long they can draw and colour pictures and then watch it come to life if you will be printing it into a hold-able object that they can play with and create stories with. They could even create different shapes to add to their Lego collection to make their building experience unique to that of their friends. When I was a kid Id want to create a far off land of make believe that would be in our world and I could play with it. The possibilities are endless.