3D printing has opened the door for artists to create kinetic works. Project Flux, a collaboration of 3 students from Germany used 3D printing to create a physical object that choreographs spinning and light to create the impression of animation.
Inspired by Bloom, a series of 3D printed objects (printed at Shapeways) that use the Fibonacci sequence and carefully filmed motion to create the sensation of movement, Flux takes this concept a step further by using a strobe light that beats at just the right frequency, allowing the animated effect to be seen with the bare eye rather than requiring a camera’s shutter speed to create the illusion of movement.
See for yourself below.
Flux from Dieter Pilger on Vimeo.
Is the Flux for sale and if so: where, at what price and what are the dimensions?.
Thx
Hi there,
we are happy to hear that you like Flux! 🙂 As of now it’s not for sale, but make sure you sign up for the newsletter list on http://www.project-flux.com to stay updated.
Have a wonderful day,
Dieter
I would also like to know if the Flux is on sale? If so where I can buy and how much is the cost?
Thanks,
Stella
Looking for a way to make a statue of a person. How would I go about submitting a correct picture or creating a file of a person and submitting it to shape ways for printing?
Bit off topic here, but what you would need to submit is actually a dataset of 3d coordinates rather than a picture – this could be created by doing a scan of the person, or by reconstructing from (many) photographs taking from different angles (e.g. using the free 123dcatch app from autodesk), or finally by sculpting in a 3d design software such as blender, sculptris or zbrush (the first two of these are free, but all such software takes time to learn).
If all you have is a picture of what you want the statue to look like, you could use the “3d modeler needed” section of the customer forum (under the COMMUNITY tab in the website header) to find someone to create the model for you.