26 Foot Long Boat 3D Printed In 100,000 Different Pieces

First time accepted submitter Talk Prizes writes Hung-Chih Peng, a Taiwanese artist, has decided to 3D print a boat measuring 26 feet in length. The piece, called "The Deluge – Noah's Ark" is a twisted wrecked boat which he had to 3D print in 100,000 different pieces and then glue it all together. "...The Deluge is Peng’s way of showing the inability that humans have exhibited in rectifying uncontrollable catastrophic challenges. Climate change, ecological crises, and environmental pollution are all changes that this planet is facing, yet seemingly humans do not have a way to correct these problems. The work is meant as a metaphor for showing the battle being waged by Mother Nature on the accelerated development of industrialized civilization."

Comments

I see now

[Brett Buck]

The work is meant as a metaphor for showing the battle being waged by Mother Nature on the accelerated development of industrialized civilization."

    Ah, so he's an idiot.

Re:I see now

[Etherwalk]

The work is meant as a metaphor for showing the battle being waged by Mother Nature on the accelerated development of industrialized civilization."

    Ah, so he's an idiot.

Nah, he has just decided to fight for the environment... by printing lots and lots of plastic.

Re:Only 26 feet long

[ArcadeMan]

A shrink ray... honestly, that's just stupid.

He's going to print miniature versions of animals with his small army of 3D printers, of course.

Re:He's Creating What He Despises.

[ArcadeMan]

You can't sit in a forest for a year without eating nothing. At some point, you're going to lie down instead of sitting.

On the upside, at some point you're going to stop using oxygen and later on you will become compost, so I guess that's good for the environment.