The Art of Fabrication
There's something inherently beautiful in the utilitarian complexity of an industrial machine. Form follows function and the very act of optimization shapes even the most inorganic of designs into a work of art.
Clad in black powder-coated sheet metal and acrylic, the fluorescent orange Prusa is so well known for stands out. The low light performance and high dynamic range of Sony's α7 gave me room to play with the contrast of this scene - a dark room lit only by the cold LEDs built into the Prusa XL's chamber.
The Prusa exudes flawless industrial design, with every cable neatly and consistently sleeved, filament tubes carefully secured to avoid interference when changing tools, and an excellent umbilical system designed to avoid slop or torsional failures.
My Voron - and it very much is "my Voron" - paints a stark contrast. A carefully designed workhorse, rebuilt, changed, tweaked and tuned until there is no other quite like it. Wires sprout haphazardly from the tool-head, colours clash and conflict - a mix of blacks, greys, whites, reds, blues and golds - each telling a story of growth.
And yet, in spite of these imperfections - and in many ways because of them - it stands alongside the Prusa XL, showing off the majesty of its industrial design in still motion.
