Coon, C;
Pretzel, B;
Lomax, T;
Strlič, M;
(2016)
Preserving rapid prototypes: A review.
Heritage Science
, 4
(40)
10.1186/s40494-016-0097-y.
Preview |
Text
art%3A10.1186%2Fs40494-016-0097-y.pdf - Published Version Download (1MB) | Preview |
Abstract
Rapid Prototyping (RP) has revolutionized the world of manufacturing. It has gained popularity among designers and artists, having developed from a visualization tool to a manufacturing tool for end-use products. Rapid-prototyped objects are being accessed by museums and the technology is being adopted for conservation applications. The review identifies the current most commonly used polymer based RP technologies and materials that are likely to enter museum collections, and formulates informed research topics related to their conservation. A knowledge exchange project was conducted with artists and designers using the technology via an online survey and interviews. The main technologies and materials used by artists and designers were identified and investigated including research that has been done into the stability of RP manufactured objects. Since these may be uniquely post-processed by artists and designers, RP objects are often irreplaceable, i.e. cannot simply be reprinted. The evolution from rapid prototyping (RP) to additive manufacturing (AM) has resulted in extensive research into the mechanical properties and short-term stability of prototypes. However, very little research has been conducted into RP from the conservation perspective particularly long-term stability studies. Since RP technology is rapidly developing, it is crucial that conservators and scientists follow and inform these developments. Graphical abstract Six prints executed in different polymers of an RP artwork "Out of the Cauldron" by the artist Tom Lomax, before and after a photodegradation experiment
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Preserving rapid prototypes: A review |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40494-016-0097-y |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-016-0097-y |
| Additional information: | © 2016 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/ publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1532784 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
