This garden was designed by Adam Frost and printed in 3D by Hobs Studio.
GARDEN DESIGNS FROM TOP LANDSCAPE ARTISTS CAPTURED IN 3D PRINT
AT miNiATURE EXHIBITION
Hobs Studio is playing a key role in the first ever exhibition of 3D printed gardens which will go on show at The Strand Gallery, London, from 6 – 8 March 2014. The garden designers taking part include John Brookes, Jamie Dunstan, Sarah Eberle, Adam Frost, Andy Sturgeon, Jo Thompson and Wilson McWilliam from the UK, as well as internationally renowned designers from Australia, Korea and Italy. The garden models have been created by 3D printing specialists, Hobs Studio. Some of the gardens are 10 metres deep, some 10 metres tall, all of them are very different from average gardens and will inspire gardeners to do something new with their own plot.
This innovative exhibition has been put together by award winning garden designers Andrew Fisher Tomlin and Tom Harfleet, along with Swedish designer Kajsa Bjorne. Tom Harfleet said “The concept behind miNiATURE is to create a platform where leading garden designers and landscape architects truly have the ability to create unique and ambitious gardens, even if they are in miniature. Currently show gardens provide a platform to engage people with new design but often these can end up as safe and self-limiting due to budget and in order to win a medal.” He added “miNiATURE aims to change this by giving designers an outlet to explore creative designs at low cost through modelling.”
Hobs Studio created each 3D garden model in a matter of hours, featuring vibrant colours as part of the model print, as well as featuring highly intricate geometries. Commenting on the 3D printing of the garden designs, Michelle Greeff, Director of 3D Technologies for Hobs Studio says, ‘We are proud to be associated with the inaugural launch of the miNiATURE Design show and have worked closely with the organisers to understand the intricacies of each design. We have used a range of 3D printing technologies in creating the 3D garden models, from full colour powder-based printing, to creation of high resolution clear plastic parts.
Hobs will be on hand at the show, to explain the advantages of using 3D printing technologies to attendees.
Kajsa Bjorne, one of the co-Curators of the show said “we are really fortunate to have these internationally recognised designers taking part in the show. Modelling has allowed the designers to break away from requirements about budget and to experiment with ideas that you won’t ever have seen in gardens before. They might be miniature gardens but there are some big new ideas here that we predict might change people’s perceptions of what might be possible.”
The exhibition offers free admission and will go on to tour Europe and then Japan and Australia later this year.