Rigid.Ink will be taking a number of my 3D prints to a Birmingham exhibition later this year.  As I didn’t want to send them my original Mandelbulb they kindly gave me a spool of Gold/Bronze PLA to print out a backup.

I have removed most of the support material from the Mandelbulb, but now have several thousand fine hairs to trim off – but these images give you the basic idea.

Hot off the Anet A6 3D printer. A Mandelbulb emerges from the Matrix. This is a 165mm diameter Mandelbulb in Rigid.Ink Gold/Bronze PLA at 0.2mm resolution and 30% infill. 91-hours and 19-minutes to print. Probably another 100-hours to remove all the supports. Approximate weight 800 gram.

I had a little break from the 3D printing over the Christmas period, but bought 3 reels of Rigid.Ink PLA a couple of days back to get some more work done.

First off the printer was a “Cusp Catastrophe” in Rigid.Ink Gold/Bronze PLA.  This mathematical object has been printed out for an American Mathematics Lecturer friend of mine to use in his teaching.

Other images show Moai in Natural, Gold/Bronze. White, Trans Blue and Black PLA.

Finally, as I had the camera out, there is a pic of all my prints up to date (except for Alexa top left and the Egyptian Cat Bookend top right).