As somebody that is thousands (and thousands) of dollars in debt for a sculpture degree, Teyons comment "The home printer in the article has a Pro version that is pretty good in terms of detail considering the price. Won't be long before we're all printing statues on the fly." is a little disturbing. Not that I'm against the idea of 3d printing, It was quite a hot topic in the sculpture dept. of the school I attended. One of the the nice things about digital modeling is that you can create an object in a contrived three dimensional space and not have to worry about where to store it, or it's scale, etc. Do we really need more detritus in the world?, or 3d printed versions of bad poser art "on the fly"? At least when someone goes to make a ceramic or plaster Garden Gnome they need to have enough skill to use a slip cast or case mold. Imagine hit print, quite the boon to the world of kitsch.

Anyway, just some thoughts... hope I haven't irritated anyone again.