I came across this project on Core77's photo series on Milan Design Week 2010. Unfold showed off a custom modded Rapid Prototying machine kit from Bits from Bytes. The kit was changed from the original system which uses melted plastic injected into the 3D part to using wet clay. The wet clay can then be fired to create durable ceramics.
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I have been Interested in people who are using rapid prototyping not just for "prototyping" but as an actual manufacturing process. Artist have been doing it for years but here is a great example of a piece of furniture
This from http://www.lerival.com,
"A tree grows in Beta. The Incorporated Branch Table explores systems of branching and random order to create a side table of unique design. Mimicking the...
Anish Kapoor's show at Royal Academy in London last year included a new body of work that used a custom type of cement rapid prototyping. The works were created at Factum Arte an independent workshop based in Madrid. Large scale rapid prototyping is a very promising technology and has the potential for both architectural and sculpture works on a practically unlimited scale. I am particularly interested in the work of USC professor Behrokh Khoshnevis, who is pioneering the development of...