An Artist 3D-Printed 100,000 Parts To Make This 26-Foot Long Sculpture

What ’s more telling than this 26 - foot long version of Formosan artist Hung - Chih Peng’sNoah ’s Ark sculptureis the fact that it ’s assembled from over 100,000 3D - printed man . And what ’s even more impressive than that is the3D printer farm that Peng has been usingto churn out all those while . No single someone should wield so much 3D printing power — or inhale so much unthaw plastic smoke .

Thirty 3D pressman in all have been dedicated to the creative person ’s latest piece which is currently on display , but still actually being grow . It wo n’t be finished until sometime in January of next year , and all - in - all the printer farm will have consumed over 1,200 pounds of pliant filament .

As 3D printers remain to grow in popularity , this endeavour is more a will to their flexibility than their capabilities . The small capacity of most of the 3D printers on the market place very much limit the size of target they can bring about , but with enough time , forbearance , and teaser skills , they can still be used to roil out massive creations like this . [ 3DPrint.comviaSlashdot ]