This is a 1:1 scale replica of the
Venus of Brassempouy, which is a small ivory head of a woman from about 25,000 years ago.
I wanted to print a model of the
Venus of Willendorf and I found a 1:1 copy looking through the scanned artwork at
Scan the World.
This is a fairly big figure that would take a while to print, so I decided to try making a smaller replica first. I found
a 1:1 replica of the Venus of Brassempouy at Thingieverse that was fairly accurate and wouldn't take long to print.
Here is the result after taking the supports off. It was printed in ABS at 0.15mm layer height:
It's hard to see the details and layering on a white ABS model, even after shining light through it:
Here it is after a quick paint job. It looks pretty good from a distance!
I like the idea of printing a 25000 year old sculpture on a modern 3D printer. I wonder what our AI descendants will be doing in another 25000 years...