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Published: 2013-02-12 21:35:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 3431; Favourites: 141; Downloads: 30
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See it spinning around: [link]This is a physical object, not a render! Fractal made in Mandelbulb3D -> voxel transformed into mesh in Fiji -> optimized in Meshlab -> repaired in Netfabb -> 3D printed at Shapeways in white polyamide -> painted with 3 coats of Humbrol enamel. Get your own copy! => [link]
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wow... these are amazing! would love to have one or two...
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Thanks! Which one do you like best? [link]
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well, both hexaspheres are really lovely, they look like a mixture between limestone formations ([link] , [link] ) and crochet lace ([link] ).
then again, the fractal flakes - both the red and the hyper - are super interesting to look at because they're in fact organic-looking cubes, which is intriguing because people rarely think of cubes as something organic.
and speaking of cubes, the Mystic HyperMenger is a lovely play between a tangible cube and a whole lot of intangible "invisible" spheres that are interlacing inside of the cube.
but those are simpler-looking. even if they're elegant, if given the choice, i'd rather have something more challenging. so ultimately, i am in love with the Cathedral [link] and the Coral [link] .
They're both more complex and interesting in my opinion, and i'm calling the Bulb a Coral, because i used to have the skeleton of one at home and it looked so much like your fractal sculpture (before you applied the paint)! And... am i mistaken or does it partially use a formula that is used to simulate the structure of broccoli?
And the little cathedral... i'm totally enchanted by it, it's still got that limestone feel i was talking about earlier but then it's an urban element, and a complex one at that. Organic-looking church - a praise to nature.
so i guess if i were to choose, it would be the Cathedral. if i could choose two, i'd also take the Coral.
sorry for the long comment but i really like this idea of printing fractals! the past weekend i was at the Week of Design at Milan, and there were 3d-printed items... but nothing i hadn't seen before. and this, this is marvelous and new to me.
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Thanks so much Jenny for taking the time to write this comprehensive feedback. The red flake doesn't exist anymore in this shape, I have finished to paint it, adding some varnish mixed with black paint to give a "used" finish, and then adding gold paint on all egdes, now it looks like some sort of Chinese abstract dragon 
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oh, do take a photo of the "chinese dragon"!
and i did already share the links.
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Excitingly edible looking, like dark honeycomb toffee...
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That is cool but it looks alittle like swiss cheese died red. (No offence ) : O
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makes me think of a fusion of a box and a coral reef.
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that's a nice one Jeremie, very reminiscent of a coral..love how it turned out
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