a chinese 3d print studio fuses ancient art with modern tech - stereolithography

These small and gorgeous statues look like relics of the old times: peaceful Buddha heads in the Tang Dynasty, or a pile of stones --
Facing the soldiers of the Qin era.
However, the creative process is undoubtedly modern.
In Xi 'an, the capital of Northwest Shaanxi province, there are clay Terracotta Warriors and Horses, 1,000 and other historical relics. year-
The ancient Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a small studio and factory use 3D printing technology to replicate ancient art.
"All the complex details of the original design are kept in the 3D mold," Xi 'an Qizi digital technology company president Xi Xin told AFP.
"Human workers may not be able to produce everything we want in design, but printers can do it all.
"The company's products are sold in museum stores and sold to individual collectors. It is one of the companies that use China to enter 3D printing. -a rapidly-
Emerging industries that have been incorporated into the national manufacturing strategy.
"In the past five years, 3D printing has gone from 1 billion yuan in China ($149 million)
The industry exceeds 100 billion yuan ($14. 9 billion)
Luo, head of China's 3D Printing Technology Industry Alliance, told AFP in June. -
Technology Breakthrough-
Luo said that after professors at Tsinghua University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology brought 3D printing technology back to China from the United States, 3D printing came to China.
This method was initially developed slowly in China, but with the support of the government, the industry gained momentum of development.
China's State Council, "Made in China 2025", the industrial development plan will promote "a new breakthrough in 3D printing" as a priority for growth in the next decade, the Ministry of Science and Technology listed 3D printing as one of its 13 technological innovation priorities.
"Now China's 3D printing industry has surpassed Europe and the United States," Luo said.
Xi 'an Qizi Digital Technology Co. , Ltd. has developed 3D design technology in the past decade, printing elaborate digital copies of historical relics using Photocuring printers.
The design process may take one to three months, while printing takes up to several weeks to make more complex works.
Once the prototype is completed, it will be large scale-
In factory production, using the same material--
Usually wood or copper--
As its imitation.
Xi said: "Our customers will not buy our products because of 3D printing, but it does make things easier . ".
For example, if a customer decides that she wants an 80-
Centimeter elephant instead of 50-
Cm one, this is a simple programming 3D printer corresponding problem.
Xi's company also makes 3D printing molds for sculptors, who use them as models of their own handmade works of art.
Final product--
Hand-painted miniature model price between 20 yuan ($3)and 500 yuan ($74)--
It is very popular among tourists rushing to Xi 'an, which is the oldest of China's four imperial capitals.
These statues are now sold in the mausoleum to the first Chinese emperor Qin Shihuang and his Terracotta Warriors.
There, the burial place can be traced back to 200 B. C.
Therefore, tourists can hold China's future 3D "cultural relics" in their hands.