We make elevated printing filament, PLAm. 1.75mm and 3mm filament for 3D printers with a matte finish and a curated color selection.
Honestly that was so very fun! Us at Graft Milk are so excited to start on the thing and we are now in full swing. Expect surveys coming soon so that you can select the color and filament size you want most.
OMG!!! Thank you all who participated!! Us at Graft Milk are wholly committed to the continuous improvement of 3D printing materials and the appearance of our prints. Now you can pledge assured that you will receive your filament or print in the next few months!!
The pledge that took us over the edge was for this epic package above. Become your very own printed gallery owner and show all of your friends how you already know all about the next big thing in 3D printing.
There are single digit days left for Graft Milk's first campaign, in fact a lucky number 6 days left. I have had so much fun so far being a part of what is happening in the 3D printing community. But if you have not yet been able to grab your part of the exciting new Art Filament then you should do so in the next week!!
Soon after the Kickstarter is over all 10 of our PLAm Art Filament will be up for presale on our site, graftmilk.co
Hey all, congrats and thank you for joining the Graft Milk community! We are halfway there and I am so happy to have you be a part of what we are doing.
To think, just over a year later we have come all the way from humble thought to a testing and testing and testing to get to this point where so many people have been so receptive and enthusiastic about the Graft Milk vision!
Thanks again everyone, and tell your neighbors because we have another half to go!
What’s the story behind Art Filament? Where did it come from?
Art Filament was really born out of a desire to elevate 3D printing to a higher artform. My co-founder and I were always printing prototypes, and we realized that all the filament we had was just really ugly. It was only primary colors, with a glossy finish, and it just wasn’t the aesthetic we were after. We need something better, and we thought, maybe we should make it ourselves. That’s how it all started. We grew on this quest to find the best handful of colors that we liked. Not 50, but 10 that would do everything we needed.
Why fine arts? How does that arena overlap with 3D printing?
There are so many incredible artists around the world printing amazing work. But the field has been saturated in practicality for most of its existence. No manufacturers of filament are going straight toward art; they’re just putting materials out there and saying, do what you want with them. Now we want to tip the scales and bring more of the theory and beauty of art and design into 3D printing. Art Filament is really about product designers getting the looks they want. This is specifically towards artists, and we hope it enables even more beautiful, refined printed artwork from creators all over the world.
Where is Art Filament manufactured?
We contacted one of the best manufacturers in China, and worked with them to make a custom matte finish.
They didn’t previously have matte filament. We said, we want this texture finish that you don’t currently produce -- can you make that? And they did! It’s PLA filament, but it’s new technology we’re calling PLAm.
Have you always worked in 3D design?
My education and depth of experience is in the applied art of interior design. I have studied the fine arts and applied arts all of my life; the only A’s I ever received were in art classes. I have had a long career of designing spaces, furniture and products, but my highest passion is color. Creating vision for colors is my specialty and favorite activity. Color is everything we see -- without color there is nothing. As humans, we navigate and negotiate our way in this world through the colors we come into contact with. We at Graft Milk believe the colors we create with should be the most enjoyable.
What’s next for Graft Milk?
More filaments and more materials. We want to also move towards filament for fashion -- more stretchy materials, stuff you can print straight onto clothes. Right now people used rubberized materials, but we are working on a specific filament for fashion. It will be available soon, so keep an eye out!
