Although most of the images in the fractals book were hand-assembled or built using custom code, the cover design and a handful of the later-produced images were put together and rendered using existing 3D software (in this case, Blender) I would NOT recommend using Blender for this sort of work – better free alternatives are now available for solid geometrical modelling.
However, while my head was still in "Blender mode", I thought I'd properly 3D-model and print off some examples of fractals, and then went on to prototype some small nick-nacks.
As well as the fractal shapes, I experimented with printing:
– a small modular system of multi-purpose "finger-friendly" containers and holding frames either for travellers wanting to store small amounts of toiletries, or for desktop or kitchen smallware.
– A business card holder and dispenser designed to use MooCards.
– A MooCard-based luggage tag.
– Some "atomic lattice" shapes.
