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3D printing technology is at the center of Industry 4.0, where the technology journey that started in the Industrial Revolution has now reached. Looking back in the past, this technology, the first steps of which were taken in the 80s, continues to exist in many important sectors to this day. This technology, which has caught the speed of this age in terms of process and result relationship, has found itself a place in the field of art as well.

This system, the first steps of which were taken by the Japanese inventor Dr. Hideo Kodoma in 1981, reached the beginning of its current and most widely used version in 1988. Scott Crump initially accelerated his work in this area when he realized that he would achieve faster results with a machine that could automate the toy he produced by layering a plastic material layer by layer with the help of a silicone gun. In this way, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), the most common 3D printing technology of today, was invented. With the technology that became widespread in the years following this development, 3D printing technologies began to be integrated with different tools. 3D printing technology, which has achieved successful results in the health sector, has become popular in our homes by increasing its popularity.

3D printing has started to take its place as an exciting development in the fields of art, which closely follow technological developments and with the use of materials and techniques with the 1960s. With the development and possibilities of different machine and computer programs, it was started to be used by sculpture artists in a short time. Karin Sander, born in 1957 in Germany, gave one of the earliest examples of this technology used by many artists today. The artist, who focused on the human body in her exhibition “1:10”, appeared before the audience with miniature human sculptures produced with 3D printing technology. In addition to Karin Sander, it has taken its place among the art production materials of many important artists such as Anish Kapoor, Marc Quinn, Joshua Harker and Robert Lazzarini. It has also started to be used frequently in museums for reproduction and display of old works. In our country, this technology, which is especially on the radar of young artists, continues to be used by master names. Emin Mete Erdoğan, Beyza Boynudelik, Erdil Yaşaroğlu can be cited as examples among these names.