Chapter 1

Defining the Field of 2.5D Printing

Carinna Parraman

Carinna Parraman

University of the West of England, UK

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Maria V. Ortiz Segovia

Maria V. Ortiz Segovia

Océ Print Logic Technologies SA, France

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First published: 14 September 2018
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Summary

This chapter explores the relationship between images, pictures and reproductions. It also explores different ways to describe 2.5dimensional (2.5D), the relationship between texture, material and object, the emotional and perceptual relationship with materials, how artists convey the appearance of materials and how materials can be measured and quantified. Artists have been constantly fascinated by the pictorial representation of a three-dimensional world through the two-dimensional media of painting and drawing, and by employing drawing elements such as perspective, illusion, colour, texture, light and shade to create more convincing and immersive environments. In order to address issues relating to reproduction of digital prints, one approach has been to tag artworks, whereby each print is allocated its own security code and DNA, which can then be linked to a certificate of authentication. Printing technologies are now moving away from the reproduction of entire objects to concentrate on macrotextural elements.

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