The Making of Catena Steel Necklace

LACE by Jenny Wu, the leading 3D printing luxe jewelry line, have collaborated with ExOne, a global technology leader for industrial grade additive manufacturing, to produce one of the first fully 3D printed, interlocking designer steel necklace of its kind. Entitled Catena, this architecturally inspired, geometrically complex necklace previously only available in nylon is now 3D printed in steel through ExOne’s Binder Jetting Technology, an additive manufacturing process in which a liquid binding agent is selectively deposited to join powder particles.

This past month, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) officially acquired the Catena Steel Necklace for their permanent Collection. The Catena Necklace not only pushes the limits of metal 3D printing but is also an extraordinary artistic statement.

To learn more about the necklace and the LACE collection:

www.jennywulace.com

More about the technology:

http://www.exone.com/

Official Statement from LACMA:

http://unframed.lacma.org/2017/07/26/2017-da%C2%B2-acquisitions

Video Production: LACE by Jenny Wu

Model: Sarah Van de Kamp

Make up & Hair: Leticia Llesmin

Production footage courtesy of ExOne