Hacking the Digital Print: Alternative image capture and printmaking processes with a special section on 3D printing

16. Skin Appliqué to 3D Printed Objects

Full coloration of 3D prints and other monochromatic sculptures has been something on many artists’ wish list. There always have been options like spray paint for base colors and hand painting for details (and you can still combine these with the technique in this chapter), but the full richness of photographs is something that’s been missing. The process in this chapter closes that gap and gives a different result from the hydrographic process you’ll see in Chapter 17 (and doesn’t use some of the spray paints that require a respirator, either). The skin process shown in this chapter allows close registration ...