By: Barbara Wood
Hi! I’m Barbara Wood and for the past 17 years I have been designing fire trucks. I have worked for Emergency One in Ocala, FL, American LaFrance out of Summerville, SC and most recently, an overseas company located in the US. I have a passion for fire trucks, saving lives, bringing comfort and mechanical design. Today, these passions have melded together and created 3DTransformations, a 3D scanning and printing company in Charleston, SC.
For anyone who hasn’t seen it demonstrated, 3D printing sounds futuristic – like the meals that materialized in the Jetsons’ oven at the touch of a button. But the technology is quite straightforward. It’s the next evolutionary step from printing with ink on paper. The 3D printer uses something more substantial, like plastic, in layers, until the layers form an object, enabling rapid production of objects of any shape. Custom 3D portraits and selfie figurines are ushering in a new era of creativity in the 3D printing world. That’s where we come in.
Where does the inspiration come from? A spark? A vision? A light bulb over the head? An a-ha moment? There are many ways to define that moment of creative inspiration. For me and my team, it was when 3DTransformations began in February of 2016. The drive was to help blind people “see” their loved ones’ faces by touching 3D replicas of them. Some obstacles and questions arose in the journey, such as, “What if a person were to enter the home and see 3D printed, full scale faces hanging on the wall? Would that appear weird to them?” Nonetheless, in our journey we have pioneered a way to help all people obtain a life-like reproduction of their loved one, pet, or special object. A 3D printed replica of something they hold close to their heart is an everlasting memory.
We provide 3D printed replicas that allows people to have the comfort of seeing or holding a loved one and capture them for a lifetime. These can be of a child at a certain age, in their sports attire, or at graduation. It can be a man or woman in uniform. A bride and groom can be their own wedding cake topper. These are tangible memories that will last a lifetime. Let us create something for you, contact us at 843-647-0312 or www.3dtransformations.com.