My last post was about fashion created with a 3D printing technique. At first I couldn't quite get my head around how it worked.... Is the design printed onto the garment when it is assembled as opposed to being flat pieces? Is it printed to simply appear like a sculpture and really its just flat? I didn't know!
That was until my mam told me about something she was watching on TV, where a model was created on a computer program with all necessary dimensions etc. This information was then fed to an inkjet laser printing system which built the model using fine layers of resin. I'm not gonna pretend to understand the workings of this process but I'm guessing this is how the gorgeous crystal inspired garments were made.
Apparently this technique has been around for 20 years, yet it seems completely space age to me!
Oh, and a quick Google search has answered my earlier questions; printing a 2D image onto a 3D surface is called Pad printing, and Lenticular printing is when a 2D image is printed to appear 3D.
Hmm..think I get it.
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