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The bumps and ridges on this vase are created from a real human fingerprint. Made with rapid-prototyping tech that "reads" your prints and converts them into a 3D object, the vase is designed by Kris Lovett and called "Embossed." The process for creating it is actually fairly simple, and you can get Lovett to make one out of your own fingerprint too.
Lovett is also the creator of Flat Gat, which uses computer numerical control (CNC) machines on sheet material to create 3D guns and ammo; and Flexor, a pair of sneakers that mimic the muscular mechanics of a grasshoppers' leg.
Lovett is a student at the University of Arts in Philly, a skater boy geek whose senior thesis dealt with the idea that old skateboard decks could be re-purposed into woman's shoe heels. Images by Kris Lovett
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fingerprint vase? Finally, something to put my flower made of toenail clippings into.
I'm not giving anybody my fingerprints!
Oh and ewwwwwwwww.
Ok... I'm relaly hoping that it's just my dirty mind but that vase looks like some kind of Skin I've seen beFore.
I have seen/received models like the plastic card one before in Train, Plane, Automobile, Robot styles. They're like a Trade Show staple. The Wooden Dinosaur Puzzle has evolved and become smaller. :)
Soilent vase is people!
good for you Kris, brother of Lyle!
I like that the consumer is enabled to create in his/her own image. It's a start, and hopefully affordable...
Back in the 70's my Dad's wedding ring was a thick ring with molten gold dripped around it. Before the gold cooled off, my step-mother pressed her fingers around the perimeter so you could see her fingerprints. From a distance, the ring looked faceted. It was one of the coolest rings that I've ever seen.
Since then, my dad lost his ring (which was an omen he should've heeded), but I would like my sweetie to have a similar one when we get married.
jeebus - that really taps into a lot of my 'texture issues', >>shiver<<
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