The design and making process of a necklace using Anarkik 3D Design haptic 3D modelling package, Ultimaker2 3D printer to prototype, units 3D printed in paper in colour on Mcor's IRIS 3D printer, finally hand finished and connected up using loombands!

1. The Necklace:
3D printed in paper, in colour, designed by Ann
Marie Shillito, CEO of Anarkik3D, and produced
on Mcor’s IRIS 3D printer.
Using fingers, scalpel and tweezers, I cautiously began stripping away the
waste to release each unit, being careful not to damage surfaces by accidently
removing a top layer. Because Mcor use an organic ‘glue’ the waste paper can
be safely recycled.
Normally the units would be
separated from the waste at
the 3D printing company.
As a designer I need to
understand the full process to
design successfully within the
technology’s parameters
This is what the block that
arrived looked like, with
pixelated patterns on the
surface, the block sliced
through in both directions and
one piece partially ‘weeded’ to
show what was inside the
block.
Mcor’s IRIS prints in 3D, in colour, using sheets of paper and the potential this
technology offers me as a designer maker is the inspiration for this necklace.
I now only design with my company’s haptic 3D modelling software package
Anarkik 3D Design, which we developed for designer makers and artists.
Anarkik3D have replaced the mouse with a haptic device for real 3D touch and
true cursor movement to make navigating the 3D working environment
exceptionally easy and intuitive. I love using it!
The process of extracting the
pieces was therapeutic and
doing it carefully meant it did
take time. First I broke the big
block up into smaller more
manageable blocks, each
containing a unit. Some
sections were easily broken
apart …..
Otherwise I was cautious using scalpel
and tweezers to ease sections apart.
Some areas needed the judicious use of
long nose jewellers’ tweezers to pull
waste sheets of paper from corners,
removing the cut layers a piece or two at
a time where this seemed wise to do!
With all the parts subtracted and any
dross removed, each unit was varnished.
Finally they were all attached to a flexible
neckwire using coloured loombands as an
added colourful and decorative element -
a great way to use the bands left over
from the loomband craze!
First the design was prototyped in PLA
using the Ultimaker2 3D printer to get
the unit sizes right and the method of
connecting thoroughly tested.
The design is so simple, based on an ovoid with a groove across
the front and back of each unit.
The groove is for attaching
each piece to the neck wire.
As a designer jeweller it is
important that the pieces I
design and make are very
wearable as well as
desirable. I love using
Mcor’s 3D printed paper
technology: the resulting
pieces feel ‘soft’ & warm,
& jewellery light to wear.
It is also the most eco-
friendly of all the 3D
printing process.
As CEO of Anarkik3D this
necklace was created to wear
at various functions . I wear it to
promote Anarkik3D, our 3D
modelling software, Anarkik 3D
Design, and 3D printing as a
great technology for designer
makers & artists to engage with.
This necklace will be part of
AnarkikCreations Collection
and will be commissionable,
personalised and customised
along with work by other
designer makers & artists
who use Anarkik 3D Design.
www.anarkik3d.co.uk