nervous_jessica,
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Radiolaria are marine protozoa that build incredibly intricate glass-like skeletons from silica. We are working on an art project generating radiolaria inspired structures and them. Here’s one of our first attempts

Zooming into a 3d model of a radiolarian and then zooming out of a 3d-printed version

ZacBelado,
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@nervous_jessica Are you able to use those prints to build moulds for metal casting?

nervous_jesse,
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@ZacBelado @nervous_jessica not these exact prints but theoretically we could print them in wax resin for casting. Might need a lot of sprues for all the spines though

altruisticfix,

@nervous_jessica pretty cool, but how did you even pull this off?

What kind of material, support setting, printer?

nervous_jessica,
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@altruisticfix formlabs form3 SLA printer, clear resin

altruisticfix,

@nervous_jessica

🤦🏻‍♂️..I didn’t even think of resin. this had me scratching my head. thank you for sharing.

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