Touch and See
- Additive Companion
- Creative
- Art
- 2023
- United Kingdom
Summary
The Touch & See project is a collaboration between Lancaster University's School of Engineering, Lancaster City Museums, and Galloway’s Society for the Blind, aims to enhance accessibility to paintings for people with sight loss. These visitors are enabled to appreciate some of the paintings at Lancaster Museum through the use of touch. This is achieved through the production of a 3D printed lithophane of the original 2D artwork.
TCT Awards 2024 - Consumer Product & Creative Application Award - Winner
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Technology Details
- FFF (Desktop)
- Material Extrusion
- PLA
- PLA
- Filament
- Coated
Process Steps
Printer category: Material Extrusion
- 1
Step 1Design
- CAD File Format
- .STL
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- Design Software
- Shapr
- 2
Application Profile
€€
€25–€49.99
Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.
Moderate
Requires basic problem-solving and routine skills.
Prototypes / Samples / One-Offs
Mobility
Arts
★☆☆
Can depend heavily on virgin fossil fuels, produce harmful emissions, and yield non-recyclable materials. Involves high energy consumption during material manufacturing. As an AM material, requires some re-processing after use. This rating relates to the technology type only. The design, purpose and longevity of the entire object can offset any of the technology type's negative sustainability credentials.
Shapr
.STL
Student
Cost
Recognition
- TCT Creative Application Award
Providers Involved
- UltimakerHardware Manufacturer
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