In the scope of this master thesis, a relief reproduction of an artwork was created with the help of 3D printing. The main purpose of this research was to create a tactile creation of an artwork, Avtoportret v belem, from Slovenian painter Ivana Kobilca, with 3D printing and then present this to a visually impaired group, to find out the level of understanding of the motif and influence of post-production on the final touch. Moreover, there was a study done on the resistance of PLA (Polylactic acid), ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), V4 resin from FormLabs and post-production texturing techniques to water, oil and detergent. With the help of 3D modeling software, the chosen artwork was transformed into a 3D model. Both 3D printed relief reproduction and textured samples were made, which were used to test the understanding of the motif with the visually impaired focus group. All of the respondents did recognize the motif on the artwork, although a more detailed description vastly improved their understanding of the artwork. Additionally, the texturing of the surface would also greatly contribute to the understanding of the motif. With this research we proved that 3D printing is a suitable technology for making tactile artwork, furthermore, with the correct conversion of the artwork into a 3D object we can enable the visually impaired to feel and understand the artwork.
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