ASEE PEER - BOARD # 9 : MAKER: Preserving Artistic Heritage through 3D Printing Technology
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BOARD # 9 : MAKER: Preserving Artistic Heritage through 3D Printing Technology

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Conference

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Publication Date

June 22, 2025

Start Date

June 22, 2025

End Date

August 15, 2025

Conference Session

Make It! Manufacturing Division Poster Session

Tagged Division

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

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https://peer.asee.org/55906

Paper Authors

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Arif Sirinterlikci Robert Morris University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-3272-0649

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Arif Sirinterlikci is a University Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and the Department Head of Engineering at Robert Morris University. He holds BS and MS degrees

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Kristopher Connelly Robert Morris University

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Ryan Szekely Robert Morris University

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Abstract

Our goal in this project is to save and preserve paintings and artifacts through the application of 3d printing technology. We will be collecting data through 3d structure scans of paintings and will have a full model of these artifacts with color and all other details associated. Then this project's goal is to bring this artifact back with a full replica that would be difficult to distinguish to the untrained eye. We have created preliminary prints using FDM printers that successfully captured some of the brush strokes that are created during impressionism style art. Impressionism era art was top choice for this project due to having some of the most depth of paint from all of history's art phases. When looking at a picture of this art you would not be able to capture the full feel the painting was attempting to convey so with this process we will be capable of saving all of the detail that is within art pieces of this time period and others. We will be attempting to utilize a binder jet 3d printer to replicate the art. Binder jet printers operate on the principle of setting down a layer of powder and then coloring that layer like a normal paper printer would. This process is repeated for every layer until the painting has been finished in a full color model. This technology has not been utilized for the field of humanities and our goal is to expand the horizons of this process and show the applications that are possible in the future.

Sirinterlikci, A., & Connelly, K., & Szekely, R. (2025, June), BOARD # 9 : MAKER: Preserving Artistic Heritage through 3D Printing Technology Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada . https://peer.asee.org/55906

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