Ashlyn Poole

3D Printing

Global Letterforms

The arabic character sīn in the middle of printing. The plastic used is a bright neon pink.

As part of an exhibit, I was asked to 3D print two separate roman characters. I created my initials, A and P, as well as the Arabic character س (sīn), the first initial of my father’s name in the arabic script, based off of his time in Amman, Jordan, where I was born. For each letterform, I started by importing a flat vector file from Illustrator into Tinkercad.

The letter A, standing up strong with echoes of itself appearing to fall behind it. It is printed in a grey color.
The same letter A rendered digitally before it is printed.
The letter A, standing up strong with echoes of itself appearing to fall behind it. It is printed in a grey color.
The same letter A rendered digitally before it is printed.
The letter A, standing up strong with echoes of itself appearing to fall behind it. It is printed in a grey color.
The same letter A rendered digitally before it is printed.