Pretty sweet ride, right? Sweet right up until the point that you get into it and it crumples, or simply melts away in the rain; this is a full-scale 1969 Mustang made entirely of paper.
It’s part of an art installation by artist Jonathan Brand, with the title One Piece At A Time, to tie in with the Johnny Cash song of the same name (although strictly speaking, that should be a Cadillac) printed on a large format inkjet printer — presumably similar to the one that HP’s used to print handbags — and presented as individual parts, right down to the last paper nut and bolt. So really, all the hard work’s been done for you — all you need is a large format photocopier and lot of folding time.[Jonathan Brand via Classic Driver via BornRich]
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 3:25 PMSo it doesn’t actually involve 3D printing… In the end it’s just a simplified, partially automated version of what paper model builders have been since doing forever.
Less of a clever idea then and more of a gimmick by a fine-art performer to get noticed. Still, it’s a good looking project!