3D Printed Prehistoric Tools
Sometimes it’s nice to be reminded how far we have progressed as species, and what better way to do that than combine the next hot-tipped technical revolution with the earliest gadgets known to mankind?
Two Iraeli designers have done exactly that; Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow showcased their modern-age flint instruments at the 2012 Budapest Design Week. The encasing handles were made by 3D scanning the stone and then 3D printed to fit.
Of course, Drach and Ganchrow are not saying that flint-knapping is the future, but built the tools to raise questions and discussion: “We are fascinated by the prospect of integrating thousand-year-old cutting implements manufactured by knapping with the most contemporary cutting-edge design and manufacturing technologies.
“Here we look again as these basic tools with our current perspective and knowledge of tool making to ask the following: what happens when these two polarities meet? How will their meeting affect the ‘natural’ existence of each entity? What new forms are generated? How does the digital age influence the making of such tools? And how does ‘craft’ get updated in the process?”
Ami Drake sadly passed away last month at the age of 49.