Wearable 3D Art-

Printed & Cast 3D Sculpture • Personal • 2021-23
3D render of brass jewelry: Candle-lit lanterns with a moth. Original design © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory
3D render of brass jewelry: wrap ring featuring a particle and wave diffraction separated by a double-slit screen (as in the famous quantum physics experiment). Original design © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory
3D render of brass jewelry: wrap ring featuring a particle and wave diffraction separated by a double-slit screen (as in the famous quantum physics experiment). Original design © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory
3D render of brass jewelry: pendant featuring a particle and wave diffraction pattern separated by a double-slit screen — as in the famous quantum physics experiment. Original design © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory

FOR
Personal, 2021-23

WORK
Concepts & design, digital sculpture & modeling, renders, photography

TOOLS
ZBrush, C4D, Shapeways

INFO
A collection of wearable sculptures inspired by science. Available for purchase now on Shapeways.

✦ Wave-Particle Duality / Double-Slit Rings & Pendant
✦ A Candle in the Dark: Lantern Pendants / Earrings

Created with ZBrush & C4D, these are part sculpture and part generative art. The collection took over a year (on and off) to complete, including a lot of R&D to make sure that, beyond just printing and casting well, these designs would be functional, comfortable, and wearable multiple ways.

The pendant and rings feature a particle and wave diffraction pattern separated by a double-slit screen — inspired by the famous physics experiment. The lanterns are simply a nod to Carl Sagan's 1995 book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, and the idiom: "It's better to light a single candle than curse the darkness".

Original designs © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory

3D render of brass jewelry: wrap ring featuring a particle and wave diffraction separated by a double-slit screen (as in the famous quantum physics experiment). Original design © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory
3D render of brass jewelry: wrap ring featuring a particle and wave diffraction separated by a double-slit screen (as in the famous quantum physics experiment). Original design © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory

The Wave-Particle Duality ring in two styles.
View more images and actual product photos on Shapeways →

3D render of brass jewelry: pendant featuring a particle and wave diffraction pattern separated by a double-slit screen — as in the famous quantum physics experiment. Original design © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory
3D render of brass jewelry: pendant featuring a particle and wave diffraction pattern separated by a double-slit screen — as in the famous quantum physics experiment. Original design © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory
3D render of brass jewelry: Close-up of candle-lit lantern with a
3D render of brass jewelry: Candle-lit lanterns with a moth. Original design © Olena Shmahalo / Nature in Theory

Back & front (hooks for scale; not included): "A Candle in the Dark" lantern earrings

© Olena Shmahalo